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On the recordApril 6, 2011
Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in House Report 112-54.

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