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“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: Page 580, in the matter following line 20, add to the analysis for chapter 702 of title 49, United States Code, after the item relating to section 70203, the following: ``70204. GAO study on economic impact of labor contract negotiations at ports on west coast. Page 584, line 20, strike the closing quotation marks and the period at the end. Page 584, after line 20, insert the following: ``Sec. 70204. GAO study on economic impact of labor contract negotiations at ports on west coast ``(a) Study.--With respect to the slowdown that occurred during labor contract negotiations at ports on the west coast of the United States during the period from May 2014 to February 2015, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to-- ``(1) determine the economic impact of such slowdown on the United States and on each port in the United States, including changes in the amount of cargo arriving at and leaving from ports on the west coast and other changes in cargo patterns, including congestion; ``(2) calculate the cost, including the cost to importers, exporters, farmers, manufacturers, and retailers, of contingency plans put in place to avoid disruptions from such slowdown; ``(3) review steps taken by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve the dispute that caused such slowdown; ``(4) identify tools such Serv…”