Peter Welch: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“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 29, line 10, insert before the period at the end the following: : Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Secretary of Energy to comply with the Department's energy management requirements under section 543(f)(7) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(7)) The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Vermont is recognized for 5 minutes.”