[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 137 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   USA FREEDOM ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to Calendar No. 499, S.2685.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 499, S. 2685, a bill to 
     reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require 
     the production of certain business records, conduct 
     electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace 
     devices, and use other forms of information gathering for 
     foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, criminal purposes, 
     and for other purposes.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I ask to have the cloture motion at the desk be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to report 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 motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 499, S. 2685, a bill to reform the 
     authorities of the Federal Government to require the 
     production of certain business records, conduct electronic 
     surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, 
     and use other forms of information gathering for foreign 
     intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and 
     for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Martin 
           Heinrich, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, Thomas R. 
           Carper, Al Franken, Bernard Sanders, Carl Levin, Tom 
           Udall, Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. Hirono, Tom Harkin, 
           Cory A. Booker, Barbara Boxer, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Richard J. Durbin.

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

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