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On the recordJuly 26, 2012
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be amended by the amendment I have placed at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: That during further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, as amended, pursuant to House Resolution 738, the further amendment printed in section 2 of this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Sec. 2. The amendment referred to in the first section of this resolution is as follows: In section 102(b), strike ``employment'' and insert ``unemployment''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from North Carolina?
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