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, beginning on line 19, strike ``shall consist of an order to pay'' and all that follows through ``reasonable expenses incurred'' on line 20, and insert ``may consist of an order to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by the party or parties''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 180, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
Sheila Jackson Lee: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”
On the recordMarch 10, 2017
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