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On the recordJune 19, 2013
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 162, line 14, strike the closed quotation mark and the final period. Page 162, after line 14, insert the following: ``(3) Reservation.--Effective beginning in fiscal year 2015, the Secretary, to the maximum extent feasible, shall manage the conservation reserve to ensure that, on an annual basis, not less than 20.5 percent of land maintained in the program shall be-- ``(A) described in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of subsection (b)(4); and ``(B) enrolled under-- ``(i) the special conservation reserve enhancement program authority under section 1234(f)(4); or ``(ii) the pilot program for the enrollment of wetland and buffer acreage under section 1231B.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 271, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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