Valerie Foushee: “I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The…”

“I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mrs. Foushee of North Carolina moves to recommit the bill H.R. 788 to the Committee on the Judiciary. The material previously referred to by Mrs. Foushee is as follows: Mrs. Foushee moves to recommit the bill H.R. 788 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Page 2, line 7, insert after ``settlement agreement'' the following: ``(except as provided in subsection (g))''. Add at the end of the bill the following: (g) Exception.--The provisions of this Act do not apply in the case of a settlement agreement that pertains to the abuse and diversion of prescription and synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, and that includes allegations of false claims against the United States related to a health care benefit program (as such term is defined in section 24 of title 18, United States Code). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.”