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Virginia Foxx: I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as…

On the recordMarch 15, 2013
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In the table of contents in section 2, strike the item relating to section 139 and insert the following: Sec. 139. Federal agency staff and restrictions on political and lobbying activities. In the table of contents in section 2, add at the end the following: TITLE VI--STUDIES BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Sec. 601. Study by the Comptroller General on exhausting Federal Pell Grants before accessing WIA funds. Sec. 602. Study by the Comptroller General on administrative cost savings. Page 12, line 8, insert ``pay-for-performance'' before ``contract''. Page 12, line 11, strike ``performance outcome'' and insert ``core indicators of performance''. Page 12, beginning line 14, strike ``a provider'' and insert ``an eligible provider''. Page 12, line 16, insert after ``who'' the following: ``, within a defined timetable,''. Page 12, line 18, strike ``outcome measures'' and insert ``core indicators of performance''. Page 12, line 19, strike ``, within a defined timetable''. Page 12, line 23, strike ``a provider'' and insert ``an eligible provider''. Page 12, line 24, insert ``program'' before ``participant''. Page 12, line 25, strike ``outcome measures'' and insert ``core indicators of performance''. Page 13, line 7, strike ``a provider'' and insert ``an eligible provider''. Page 27, line 6, insert ``and'' before ``all that follows''.…
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Mar 15, 2013

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