Tom Rice: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“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 3, after line 23, insert the following: SEC. _. REQUIREMENT THAT THE NICS SYSTEM SEARCH THE NATIONAL DATA EXCHANGE DATABASE IN CONDUCTING BACKGROUND CHECKS. Section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, a amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(8) The national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act shall search the database of the National Data Exchange in conducting a background check pursuant to this section.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 145, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Rice) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina.”