mr. rigell is successful and i believe the measure will pass. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. hastings: i rise in opposition to the amendment. i would like to congressmen my good friend from florida on his unique approach to this bill with this very unique amendment. but make no mistake, if it were to pass the effect would be to hobble and kill this job-creating bill. so let's set that aside this would require appraisals to be conducted in each of the following years. 1776, 1865, 2013, 2017, 2032, an 2212. the amendment as -- and 2212. the amendment as it is written, in the amendment, as it is written, these appraisals must be done in those years. we did not have a federal government in 1776, for example. in 1865, virginia was part of the confederacy that means, however, we have a requirement to have an appraisal in each of these year, that would require we go back 236 years and into the future 200 years before this legislation would go into effect. now there may be a miscob co--- misconception or maybe a misidentificatio