[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 103 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4884-S4885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND TAX RELIEF ACT

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

       A bill (S. 2237) to provide a temporary income tax credit 
     for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for an 
     additional year, and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 2521

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Landrieu, I have a 
substitute amendment at the desk I wish to have reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Ms. Landrieu, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 2521.

  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text 
of Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. On that, Mr. President, 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. 2522 to Amendment No. 2521

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now have a first-degree perfecting 
amendment which is also 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 2522 to amendment No. 2521.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC.___.

       This Act shall become effective 7 days after enactment.

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


                Amendment No. 2523 to Amendment No. 2522

  Mr. REID. 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 2523 to amendment No. 2522.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``7 days'' and insert ``6 days''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion on the substitute 
amendment which is 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 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 substitute 
     amendment No. 2521 to S. 2237, the Small Business Jobs and 
     Tax Relief Act.
         Harry Reid, Mary L. Landrieu, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Barbara A. Mikulski, Carl Levin, Frank R. Lautenberg, 
           Barbara Boxer, Mark Udall, Mark Begich, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Al Franken, Patrick J. 
           Leahy, Tom Udall, Max Baucus, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Richard J. Durbin.


                           Amendment No. 2524

             (Purpose: To provide a perfecting amendment.)

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk to the 
language proposed to be stricken.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2524 to the language proposed to be stricken by 
     amendment No. 2521.

  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text 
of Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on that 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2525 to Amendment No. 2524

  Mr. REID. I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.

[[Page S4885]]

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2525 to amendment No. 2524.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC. ___.

       This title shall become effective 5 days after enactment.


                           Amendment No. 2526

  Mr. REID. I have a motion to commit the bill with instructions. The 
clerk has that.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the bill 
     (S. 2237) to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to 
     report back forthwith, with amendment numbered 2526.

  The amendment is as follows:

     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. 2527

  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 2527 to the instructions of the motion to commit S. 
     2237 to the Committee on Finance.

  The amendment is as follows:

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

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


                Amendment No. 2528 to Amendment No. 2527

  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 2528 to amendment No. 2527.

  The amendment is as follows:

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


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Finally, Mr. President, I have a cloture motion on the bill 
which is 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 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 S. 2237, the Small 
     Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act.
         Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Mary L. Landrieu, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand, Barbara A. Mikulski, Carl Levin, Frank R. 
           Lautenberg, Barbara Boxer, Mark Udall, Mark Begich, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Al Franken, 
           Patrick J. Leahy, Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Richard J. Durbin

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum 
requirement under rule XXII be waived for the cloture motions just 
filed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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