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 25, line 15, insert ``(a) In General--'' before ``Section 1201''. Page 26, after line 12, insert the following: (b) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the return on investment for legal assistance grants awarded pursuant to section 1201 of division B of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 20121), including an accounting of the amount saved, if any, on housing, medical, or employment social welfare programs. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 281, the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Scanlon) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania.
Mary Gay Scanlon: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”
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