[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 130 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5530-S5531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

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

       A bill (S. 2199) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
     discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
     and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 3800

  Mr. REID. In regard to this, Mr. President, I have an amendment that 
is at the desk that I ask the clerk to report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3800.

  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 20, line 4, strike ``6 months'' and insert ``7 
     months''.

  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. 3801 to Amendment No. 3800

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3801 to amendment No. 3800.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``7'' and insert ``8''.


                Motion to Commit with Amendment No. 3802

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to commit S. 2199 with 
instructions, which is 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 commit the bill 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment 
     numbered 3802.

  The amendment is as follows:
       On page 20, line 4, strike ``6 months after the date of 
     enactment'' and insert ``7 months after the date of 
     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. 3803

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3803 to the instructions to the motion to commit S. 
     2199.

  The amendment is as follows:

        In the amendment, strike ``7 months'' and insert ``8 
     months.''

  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. 3804 to Amendment No. 3803

  Mr. REID. I have a second-degree amendment 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 3804 to amendment No. 3803.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``8'' and insert ``9''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk that I 
ask the Presiding Officer to order reported.
  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. 2199, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination 
in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Barbara A. Mikulski, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Richard J. Durbin, Maria Cantwell, Mazie K. 
           Hirono, Kay R. Hagan, Jack Reed, Patty Murray, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, 
           Charles E. Schumer.

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

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