I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or any other Federal Agency receiving funds under this Act to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.
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