[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3018-S3019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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                      HIRE MORE HEROES ACT OF 2014

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will resume legislative session.
  Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to the motion 
to proceed to H.R. 3474.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3474) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health 
     coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from 
     being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate 
     under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                           Amendment No. 3060

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

  Mr. REID. On behalf of Senator Wyden, I call up the substitute 
amendment No. 3060.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Wyden, proposes 
     an amendment numbered 3060.

  (The amendment is printed in the Record of Tuesday, May 13, 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. 3089 to Amendment No. 3060

  Mr. REID. I have a first-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 3089 to amendment No. 3060.

  The amendment is as follows:

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

  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. 3090 to Amendment No. 3089

  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 3090 to amendment No. 3089.

  The amendment is as follows:

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


                           Amendment No. 3091

  Mr. REID. I have a first-degree amendment at the desk, and the 
amendment is to the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3091 to the language proposed to be stricken by 
     amendment No. 3060.

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


                Amendment No. 3092 to Amendment No. 3091

  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 3092 to amendment No. 3091.

  The amendment is as follows:

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


                Motion to Commit With Amendment No. 3093

  Mr. REID. I have a motion to commit H.R. 3474 with instructions.
  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 Finance with instructions to report back 
     forthwith with an amendment numbered 3093.


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  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 5 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. 3094

  Mr. REID. I have an amendment to the instructions 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 3094 to the instructions of the motion to commit to 
     H.R. 3474.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``5 days'' and insert ``6 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. 3095 to Amendment No. 3094

  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 3095 to amendment No. 3094.

  The amendment is as follows:

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

                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion for the substitute amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the cloture motion.
  The 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. 3060 to H.R. 3474, an act to amend the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees 
     with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
     Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
     the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act.
         Harry Reid, Ron Wyden, Angus S. King, Jr., Richard J. 
           Durbin, Robert Menendez, Mark R. Warner, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Christopher A. Coons, 
           Bill Nelson, Michael F. Bennet, Heidi Heitkamp, Barbara 
           Boxer, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Thomas R. Carper.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I now have a cloture motion to the bill, which is also at 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the cloture motion.
  The 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 H.R. 3474, an act 
     to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers 
     to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
     Veterans Administration from being taken into account for 
     purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act.
         Harry Reid, Ron Wyden, Angus S. King, Jr., Richard J. 
           Durbin, Robert Menendez, Mark R. Warner, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Christopher A. Coons, 
           Bill Nelson, Michael F. Bennet, Heidi Heitkamp, Barbara 
           Boxer, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Thomas R. Carper.

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

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