[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1168-S1169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMPREHENSIVE VETERANS HEALTH AND BENEFITS AND MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY 
                        RESTORATION ACT OF 2014

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

       A bill (S. 1982) to improve the provision of medical 
     services and benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 2747

  Mr. REID. On behalf of Senator Sanders, I have an amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the Sanders amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for himself and Mr. 
     Sanders, proposes an amendment numbered 2747.

  (The amendment is printed in the Record of Tuesday, February 25, 2014 
under ``Text of Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. 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. 2766

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes amendment 
     numbered 2766 to amendment numbered 2747.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 1 day after enactment.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a motion, cloture in nature, 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. 1982, the 
     Comprehensive Veterans Health Benefits and Military 
     Retirement Pay Restoration Act.
         Harry Reid, Bernard Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Patty 
           Murray, Michael F. Bennet, Mark Begich, Debbie 
           Stabenow, Charles E. Schumer, Edward J. Markey, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Ron Wyden, Maria Cantwell, Heidi Heitkamp, 
           Christopher Murphy, Christopher A. Coons, Mazie K. 
           Hirono, Tammy Baldwin.


                Motion to Commit with Amendment No. 2767

  Mr. REID. I have a motion to commit S. 1982. It has instructions, and 
that is also at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the bill 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to 
     report back forthwith with the following amendment No. 2767.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       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. 2768

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2768 to the instructions of amendment numbered 2767.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``4 days''.

  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. 2769

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2769 to amendment numbered 2768.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``4 days'' and insert ``5 days''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. 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 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 amendment No. 2747 
     to S. 1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health Benefits and 
     Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act.
         Harry Reid, Bernard Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Patty 
           Murray, Michael F. Bennet, Mark Begich, Debbie 
           Stabenow, Charles E. Schumer, Edward J. Markey, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Ron Wyden, Maria Cantwell, Heidi Heitkamp, 
           Christopher Murphy, Christopher A. Coons, Mazie K. 
           Hirono, Tammy Baldwin.

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

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