[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5524-S5525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          AMERICAN JOBS AND CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES ACT OF 2010

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a 
message from the House with respect to H.R. 4213.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

       Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate 
     amendment with an amendment to H.R. 4213, an act to amend the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 
     provisions, and for other purposes.

  Pending:

       Reid (for Baucus) motion to concur in the amendment of the 
     House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Baucus 
     amendment No. 4386 (to the amendment of the House to the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill), in the nature of a 
     substitute.
       Reid (for Baucus) amendment No. 4387 (to amendment No. 
     4386), to change the enactment date.
       Reid motion to refer in the amendment of the House to the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill to the Committee on 
     finance, with instructions, Reid amendment No. 4388, to 
     provide for a study.

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       Reid amendment No. 4389 (to the instructions (amendment No. 
     4388) of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.
  Reid amendment No. 4390 (to amendment No. 4389), of a perfecting 
nature.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to refer be 
withdrawn.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to concur in the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213 with the Baucus 
amendment 4386 be withdrawn.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                motion to concur with amendment no. 4425

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

  Mr. REID. I now move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4213 with an amendment which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to concur in the 
     House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213 with an 
     amendment numbered 4425.

  Mr. REID. 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 printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. 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. 4426 to Amendment No. 4425

  Mr. REID. I now have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4426 to amendment No. 4425.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, insert the following:
       The provisions of this Act shall become effective 3 days 
     after enactment.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion on the motion to concur at the desk 
and ask that it be stated.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The assistant 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
     4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, with a 
     Reid amendment No. 4425.
         Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Jack Reed, Edward E. Kaufman, 
           John F. Kerry, Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Levin, Roland 
           W. Burris, Richard J. Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Christopher J. Dodd, John D. Rockefeller, IV, 
           Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Robert P. Casey, Jr., 
           Charles E. Schumer.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Motion to Refer with Amendment No. 4427

  Mr. REID. I have a motion to refer with instructions at the desk, and 
I ask that that motion be stated.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to refer the House 
     message to the Senate Finance Committee with instructions to 
     report back forthwith with an amendment numbered 4427.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       The Committee on Finance is requested to study the economic 
     impact of the delay in implementing the provisions of the Act 
     on job creation on a national and regional level.

  Mr. REID. I now 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. 4428 to Amendment No. 4427

  Mr. REID. I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4428 to amendment No. 4427.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``and include statistical data on the specific service 
     related positions created.''

  Mr. REID. 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. 4429 to Amendment No. 4428

  Mr. REID. I now have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4429 to amendment No. 4428.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``and the impact on the local economy.''

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