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: Mr. Espaillat moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4364 to the Committee on Appropriations. The material previously referred to by Mr. Espaillat is as follows: Mr. Espaillat moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4364 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith, with the following amendment: Page 37, insert after line 17 the following (and redesignate the following section accordingly): Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act to pay the compensation of an officer or employee without regard to the officer's or employee's immigration status if the officer or employee has been issued an employment authorization document under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, as set forth in the Department of Homeland Security's August 24, 2022 final rule entitled ``Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals''. 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.
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