[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S686-S687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ACT--Resumed

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1813) to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and 
     highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.

  Pending:

       Reid (for Johnson (SD)/Shelby) amendment No. 1515, of a 
     perfecting nature.


                      Amendment No. 1515 Withdrawn

  Mr. REID. I withdraw the pending amendment No. 1515.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The amendment is 
withdrawn.


                           Amendment No. 1633

  Mr. REID. I have a first-degree amendment, which is a perfecting 
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 1633.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be 
dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The text of 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.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at 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 reads 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 Reid amendment 
     No. 1633 to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid 
     highway and highway safety construction programs, and for 
     other purposes:
         Harry Reid, John D. Rockefeller IV, Kay R. Hagan, Patrick 
           J. Leahy, Patty Murray, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Herb Kohl, Ben Nelson, Jeff Bingaman, 
           Jeanne Shaheen, Barbara A. Mikulski, Jack Reed, Max 
           Baucus, Frank R. Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, Maria 
           Cantwell.

  Mr. REID. I ask that the mandatory quorum required under rule XXII be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Amendment No. 1634 to Amendment No. 1633

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now have a second-degree amendment which 
is at the desk that I ask to be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1634 to amendment No. 1633.
  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       (e) Effective Date.--This division shall become effective 4 
     days after enactment.


               Motion to Recommit With Amendment No. 1635

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to recommit the bill with 
instructions at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to recommit the 
     bill (S. 1813) to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works with instructions to report back forthwith with an 
     amendment No. 1635.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC. ___.

       This Act shall become effective 3 days after enactment.

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


                           Amendment No. 1636

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 1636 to the instructions on the motion to recommit.

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

       In the amendment, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``2 days''.

  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 1637 to Amendment No. 1636

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I 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 1637 to amendment No. 1636.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading 
be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

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

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