[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 35 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IRAN REFINED PETROLEUM SANCTIONS ACT OF 2009

  Mr. KAUFMAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Banking Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
2194, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, and the Senate 
then proceed to its consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2194) to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
     to enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to 
     Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to the consideration 
of the bill.
  Mr. KAUFMAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
substitute amendment, which is at the desk and is the language of S. 
2799 as passed by the Senate on January 28, 2010, be considered and 
agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times, passed, and the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that upon passage, the 
Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with the House on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with a ratio of 4 to 3, 
without further intervening action or debate.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3466) was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 2194), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Lugar 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  Mr. KAUFMAN. I yield the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Tennessee.
  Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Republican Senators be able to engage in a colloquy.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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