[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S934-S935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONVEYING CERTAIN FEDERAL FEATURES OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Chair lays 
before the Senate a message from the House with respect to S. 25, which 
the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                                 S. 25

       Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 25) entitled 
     ``An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
     certain Federal features of the electric distribution system 
     to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for 
     other purposes.'', do pass with the following amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTION FOR FISCAL 
                   YEAR 2024.

       Paragraph (6)(B) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a) is 
     amended by striking ``and for fiscal year 2023'' and by 
     inserting ``, for fiscal year 2023, and for fiscal year 
     2024''.

     SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF REDUCED ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF 
                   RETIRED PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                   UNDER THE AGE OF 62 UNDER THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET 
                   ACT OF 2013 WHO FIRST BECAME MEMBERS PRIOR TO 
                   JANUARY 1, 2014.

       (a) In General.--Section 1401a(b)(4) of title 10, United 
     States Code, as added by section 403(a) of the Bipartisan 
     Budget Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-67) and amended by section 
     10001 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 
     (Public Law 113-76), is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) Members covered.--This paragraph applies to a member 
     or former member of an armed force who first became a member 
     of a uniformed service on or after January 1, 2014.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on December 1, 2015, immediately after the 
     coming into effect of section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget 
     Act of 2013 and the amendments made by that section.

     SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL FUND FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE (SGR) 
                   REFORM.

       Section 1898 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii) 
     is amended--
       (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
     ``transitional fund for sustainable growth rate (sgr) 
     reform'';
       (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish under 
     this title a Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate 
     (SGR) Reform (in this section referred to as the `Fund') 
     which shall be available to the Secretary to provide funds to 
     pay for physicians' services under part B to supplement the 
     conversion factor under section 1848(d) for 2017 if the 
     conversion factor for 2017 is less than conversion factor for 
     2013.'';
       (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``during--'' and all 
     that follows and inserting ``during or after 2017, 
     $2,300,000,000.''; and
       (4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``from the Federal'' 
     and all that follows and inserting ``from the Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.''.
  Mr. REID. I move to concur in the House amendment to S. 25 and ask 
for the yeas and nays on that motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate 
equally divided.
  Mr. REID. We yield back on this side.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 3, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 35 Leg.]

                                YEAS--95

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin

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     Casey
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Lee
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                                NAYS--3

     Carper
     Coats
     Flake

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Chambliss
     Coburn
       
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table.

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