Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In the table of contents of the bill, insert after item pertaining to section 405 the following: TITLE V--EXCEPTION Sec. 501. Exception. Add, at the end of the bill, the following: TITLE V--EXCEPTION SEC. 501. EXCEPTION. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply in the case of a rule made by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a consent decree or settlement agreement pertaining to such a rule. In the case of such a rule, consent decree, or settlement agreement, the provisions of law amended by this Act shall apply as though such amendments had not been made. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 487, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas. {time} 1245
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