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On the recordJune 15, 2011
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 80, after line 2, insert the following (and make such technical and conforming changes as may be appropriate): Sec. 747. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

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