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On the recordAugust 1, 2013
Thank you. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 20, line 10, insert after ``means any rule'' the following: ``(other than a special rule)''. Page 21, line 2, insert before the period at the end the following: ``, and includes any special rule''. Page 22, after line 8, insert the following: ``(6) The term `special rule' means any rule that is promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 322, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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