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On the recordJune 15, 2011
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 80, after line 2, insert the following: Sec. ___. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments'' by $13,000,000, and increasing the amount made available for the ``Office of the Secretary,'' by $5,000,000. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

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