I have an amendment at the desk, No. 36. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 11, insert ``or a test drawdown under subsection (g),'' after ``(d),''. Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect described in paragraph (4)''. Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the final period. Page 3, after line 9, insert the following: ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary submits to Congress a report on the necessity of acting under the authority of this section to refill the Reserve.''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.
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