I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 41, line 8, insert ``means'' after `` `tax jurisdiction' ''. Page 41, line 9, strike ``means''. Page 41, beginning line 9, strike ``or a jurisdiction that is not a country but that has fiscal autonomy; and'' and insert ``; or''. Page 41, strike lines 12 through 14. Page 41, after line 11, insert the following: ``(ii) a jurisdiction that is not a country but that has fiscal autonomy.''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 473, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands.
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