Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the resolution add the following new section: Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, the amendment specified in section 6 shall be in order in lieu of amendment number 5 in House Report 112-88. Sec. 6. The text referred to in section 5 is as follows: Page 113, after line 17, insert the following: ``SEC. 317. HEALTH ASSESSMENT REPORTS REQUIRED WHEN WASTE IS DISPOSED OF IN OPEN-AIR BURN PITS. ``Section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2250; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended-- ``(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-section (d); and ``(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): `` `(c) Health Assessment Reports.--Not later than 180 days after notice is due under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a health assessment report on each open-air burn pit at a location where at least 100 personnel have been employed for 90 consecutive days or more. Each such report shall include each of the following: `` `(1) An epidemiological description of the short-term and long-term health risks posed to personnel in the area where the burn pit is located because of exposure to the open-air burn pit.…”