[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 46 (Monday, April 5, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S3628]
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          JUMPSTART OUR BUSINESS STRENGTH (JOBS) ACT--Resumed

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask for the regular order with respect to 
S. 1637.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1637) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to comply with World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/
     ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production 
     activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the 
     international taxation rules of the United States, and for 
     other purposes.

  Pending:

       Harkin Amendment No. 2881, to amend the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to 
     overtime pay.
       McConnell (for Frist) Amendment No. 2886, in the nature of 
     a substitute.
       Grassley Amendment No. 2898 (to the instructions (Amendment 
     No. 2886) of the motion to recommit), relative to the 
     effective date following enactment of the Act.
       Grassley Amendment No. 2926 (to Amendment No. 2898), 
     relative to the effective date following enactment of the 
     Act.

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the 
pending motion to recommit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Motion to Recommit with Amendment No. 3011

  Mr. FRIST. I now move to recommit the bill with the instructions to 
report back forthwith with an amendment which is at the desk, and I 
send a motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist] moves to recommit S. 
     1637 to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report 
     back forthwith with the following amendment numbered 3011.

  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the pending 
motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the pending 
     motion to Calendar No. 381, S. 1637.
         Bill Frist, Charles Grassley, Gordon Smith, James Talent, 
           John Ensign, John Cornyn, Wayne Allard, Olympia Snowe, 
           Rick Santorum, Michael B. Enzi, Mike DeWine, Trent 
           Lott, Christopher Bond, Thad Cochran, Kay Bailey 
           Hutchison, Jim Bunning, Mitch McConnell.


                           Amendment No. 3012

  Mr. FRIST. I now send a first-degree amendment to the instructions to 
the desk and ask for its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3012 to the instructions of the motion to 
     recommit S. 1637 to the Committee on Finance.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be 
dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the instructions, insert the following:
       Sec.  . This act shall become effective 1 day after 
     enactment.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 3013 to Amendment No. 3012

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I send a second-degree amendment to the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 3013 to amendment No. 3012.

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further 
reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''.

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