Congressional Record, Volume 161 Issue 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)

[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2011-S2022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2016--Continued

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, it is my understanding there will be a
vote on the Brown amendment that is pending.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is right.
There is 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote on Brown amendment No.
994.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following
the disposition of the Brown amendment, which we were just discussing,
No. 994, the next amendments in order be the following and that the
Senate vote on the amendments in the order listed with no second-degree
amendments in order prior to the votes: Vitter No. 811, Warren No.
1094, Lee No. 855, Cardin No. 367, Rubio No. 552, and Kaine No. 1047,
as modified.
I further ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes equally
divided between the managers or their designees prior to each vote and
that all votes after the first in this series be 10 minutes in length.
Let me just say parenthetically that if everyone will stay in their
seat--the clerk tells me it takes 7 minutes to call the roll. So if
everyone will stay in their seat, we will go straight through. They
tell me it takes 7 minutes to do it. This should take us about an hour
if we get started.
Further, I ask unanimous consent that following the disposition of
the listed amendments and any cleared amendments agreed to by both
managers and both leaders, the remaining pending amendments be
withdrawn and the Senate proceed to vote on adoption of the resolution,
as amended.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Senator from Ohio.

Amendment No. 994

Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask to call up amendment No. 994.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending.
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, 18 years ago, the 6 biggest U.S. banks had
assets equal to 18 percent of the GDP. Today, those six banks' combined
assets are about 63 percent of GDP, with an average of more than 5,000
legal entities operating in 57 different countries.
Dodd-Frank requires large banks to produce an annual living will
explaining the bank's plan for its own rapid and orderly resolution
through the bankruptcy process in the event of material financial
distress or failure. The Brown-Vitter amendment says that if banks
cannot credibly explain how they can fail safely, then they are
considered too big to fail and they need to have more capital or be
restructured until they can go bankrupt without a government bailout.
As Chairman Shelby told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, if a
bank is too big to fail, it is probably too big to exist.
I ask support for the Brown-Vitter amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, there is no objection on our side. We would
hope for a voice vote.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the Brown
amendment.
The amendment (No. 994) was agreed to.

Amendment No. 811

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote
on Vitter amendment No. 811.
The Senator from Louisiana.
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, during the ObamaCare debate on the Senate
floor, the Senate passed an amendment to the Obama bill saying that all
Members of Congress need to go to our exchange for health care, just as
other Americans have gone to the exchange--no special deal, no special
exemptions, and no special subsidy.
After that was passed into law, a lot of folks didn't like it, and a
special rule was applied by the Obama administration to change some of
that situation. This amendment would say: No, we are going to live by
that statute. We are going to go to the exchange for our health care--
no special subsidy, no special deal--and it would also apply to the
President, the Vice President, and their political appointees.
This amendment would not change anything at all with regard to
congressional staff.
I urge support for my amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, colleagues, this is very important. Today,
every single Senator is treated like every single person in the country
who works for a large employer. Those large employers all make a
contribution to their employees' health care. We don't get any
subsidies. We don't qualify for subsidies. We are treated like everyone
else in this country who has an employer contribution to their health
care.
Now, colleagues, you do not have to take that employer contribution.
If you don't want it, give it back. You don't need this amendment to
give it back. If you feel as strongly as Senator Vitter does that you
and your family don't want or need this employer contribution, then
give it back to the Treasury, as I assume Senator Vitter does.
Again, we don't need this amendment. If you don't want your employer
contribution, you vote yes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time for debate has expired.
Mrs. BOXER. And if you believe we should be treated like everyone
else in the country, vote no. That is how I am voting.
Mr. VITTER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There is a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) are necessarily
absent.
The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 130 Leg.]

YEAS--52

Alexander
Ayotte
Barrasso
Bennet
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kirk
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

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NAYS--46

Baldwin
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coats
Collins
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Mikulski

The amendment (No. 811) was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.

Amendment No. 1094, as Modified

Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up my
amendment No. 1094, as modified, with the changes at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the amendment, as modified.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Massachusetts [Ms. Warren], for herself,
Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Schatz, proposes
an amendment numbered 1094, as modified.

The amendment, as modified, is as follows:

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
expanding Social Security)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING
AND PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the sustainable expansion of benefits under the
Social Security program and promoting the complete long-term
actuarial solvency of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote
on the Warren amendment No. 1094, as modified.
The Senator from Massachusetts.
Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, more than ever, our seniors depend on
safety and reliability of Social Security. For 15 million seniors,
Social Security is the only thing that stands between them and poverty.
For too long in Washington, Social Security has been under assault.
Republicans have long argued that we have to gut the program to save
it. Well, they are wrong. We shouldn't be talking about gutting Social
Security. We should be talking about strengthening Social Security. We
should be talking about protecting Social Security. We should be
talking about expanding Social Security.
This amendment supports those goals. We acknowledge the need to make
certain the program is solvent--something that people can depend on. We
reject the false choice that too many Republicans have put forward to
scare our seniors into believing they must absorb drastic cuts in the
benefits they depend on. And we believe when two-thirds of the
seniors----
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott). The Senator's time has expired.
Ms. WARREN. Two minutes? Oh, 1 minute. I thank the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, at the present time, Social Security has an
unfunded liability of $25 trillion over the infinite horizon. There is
a problem. It is not to scare seniors, it is to preserve and make the
program sustainable.
When President Clinton was in office, he and Rick Santorum held a
day's seminar on Social Security reform. We broke into Republican-
Democratic House and Senate groups the next day. We came up with a
blueprint for saving Social Security and to fix it. We recognized it
took many different options, just not one option. One option will not
solve the problem, and no one party can address the issue alone.
We are prohibited by statute from making changes to Social Security
in a budget resolution, and that is probably a good thing. So I urge a
``no'' vote on this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the Warren
amendment, as modified.
Ms. WARREN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) are necessarily
absent.
Mr. SCHUMER. May I make a unanimous consent request that we waive the
reading of the names?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 42, nays 56, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 131 Leg.]

YEAS--42

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Casey
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--56

Alexander
Ayotte
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Carper
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heitkamp
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kirk
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Mikulski

The amendment (No. 1094), as modified, was rejected.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is my understanding the reason the clerk
reads the names is so the Republican press can determine how we vote.
Would the Chair indicate whether that is true or false?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is for the benefit of the Senate as a body.
Mr. REID. We do have the right if we, by consent, agree to waive the
reading of the names; is that right?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
Mr. REID. Would the Senator from New York renew his request?
Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you, Mr. Leader.
I renew my unanimous consent request that for the rest of the votes
we have this evening, except on final passage of the budget, we waive
the reading of the names.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The reading of the names will be waived.

Amendment No. 855

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote
on Lee amendment No. 855.
The Senator from Utah.
Mr. LEE. Mr. President, this amendment, amendment No. 855, would
create a budget point of order--a point of order that would make it
clear it is not in order to consider a debt ceiling increase using
reconciliation instructions under this budget.
While the language in this budget does not itself expressly authorize
the use of reconciliation for this purpose, it does nothing to prohibit
such language from being added in conference. So the point of order at
issue would impact only legislation that attempts to use reconciliation
instructions to pass a debt limit increase, and it would require an
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members duly sworn and chosen.

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This is something the American people deserve to have debated and
discussed independently. It is also something that ought to require an
enhanced threshold.
I encourage my colleagues to support amendment No. 855.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, deciding whether to increase the debt
limit is like putting purchases on your credit card and then deciding
whether to pay the bill. Increasing the debt limit is not a license to
take on more debt, it simply makes it possible to pay the bills we have
already incurred.
Recent history shows that leaving this to the last minute, and even
coming close to hitting the debt limit, is extremely dangerous for our
country and, in fact, the entire world. Even the remote possibility of
default by the U.S. Government is enough to throw markets into turmoil
and has resulted in credit rating agencies downgrading our credit
worthiness.

Unfortunately, in recent years some of my Republican colleagues have
used raising the debt limit as a way to extract policy concessions that
invariably include draconian cuts to programs that are important to
working families and the middle class. This amendment continues that
trend by making it even harder to raise the debt limit and thus
easier----
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired.
Mr. SANDERS.--to cause an international panic.
I urge colleagues to oppose this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to Lee amendment
No. 855.
Mr. BURR. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Mrs. Mikulski) are
necessarily absent.
The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 132 Leg.]

YEAS--54

Ayotte
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kirk
Lankford
Lee
Manchin
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

NAYS--44

Alexander
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Collins
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Mikulski

The amendment (No. 855) was agreed to.

Amendment No. 367

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote
on the Cardin amendment No. 367.
The Senator from Maryland.
Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, there is an estimated 5.85 million
citizens who can't vote as a result of criminal convictions and nearly
4.4 million of those have already been released from prison. One out of
every 13 African Americans of voting age have lost their right to vote.
This amendment creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund in order to
consider voter reenfranchisement initiatives. It is not descriptive as
to the type.
Senator Paul has introduced legislation on this subject. I have
introduced legislation on this subject. I would hope this would be
accepted by voice vote. It spells out in the amendment that we would
like the U.S. attorney to inform during plea agreements the impact on
defendants on their rights to vote, and that we would like to have data
concerning the impact on minority populations.
I hope we could move forward with this, and I would be willing to
accept this on a voice vote.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I am going to have to recommend a ``no''
vote because of States' rights concerns. There are 48 States and the
District of Columbia that prohibit voting while incarcerated for a
felony offense. I was fascinated to find that only two States--Maine
and Vermont--permit persons in prison to vote.
An estimated 5.85 million Americans--one in 40 adults--has currently
or permanently lost their voting rights as a result of a felony
conviction. But each State has its own process for restoring the voting
rights to ex-offenders now. States are best suited to make the judgment
call, as they are closest to their citizens.
So I ask for a States' rights vote of ``no.''
Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, is there any time remaining on the
Democratic side?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. No time remains on the Democratic side.
The question is on agreeing to the Cardin amendment No. 367.
Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Mrs. Mikulski) are
necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 51, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 133 Leg.]

YEAS--47

Alexander
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Corker
Donnelly
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Peters
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--51

Ayotte
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kirk
Lankford
Lee
Manchin
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Mikulski

The amendment (No. 367) was rejected.

Amendment No. 552

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote
on the Rubio amendment No. 552.
The Senator from Florida.
Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and that
is where the United States should have its Embassy. However, since 1995
when Congress passed the Jerusalem Relocation Act, that is how it has
been recognized. However, a waiver has been used over the last 20 years
to avoid this move. This amendment would allow funding to achieve what
is already in the U.S. Code.
I yield the remainder of my time to the Senator from South Carolina.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, as all of you know, the Knesset meets in
Jerusalem. Every political party in Israel recognizes Jerusalem as
their capital. Both political parties of the United States should do
the same. That is where our Embassy should be.

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. SANDERS. I suggest a voice vote.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any further debate?
Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the Rubio amendment No.
552.
The amendment (No. 552) was agreed to.

Amendment No. 1047

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate on the
Kaine amendment No. 1047.

Amendment No. 1047, as Modified

Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my amendment
be modified with the changes at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment, as modified, is as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3 ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REVISE
OR REPEAL SEQUESTRATION.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or
conference reports that amend section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or the
enforcement procedures under section 251A of that Act to
revise or repeal the discretionary spending limits and
enforcement procedures established under those sections,
relating to providing relief from sequestration and the
reduction in discretionary spending limits for fiscal years
2016 and 2017, split evenly between both the revised security
category and the revised nonsecurity category, and offsetting
such relief through targeted changes in mandatory or
discretionary spending programs (not pertaining to Social
Security) and tax expenditures by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of
the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. For purposes of
determining deficit-neutrality under this section, the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may
include the estimated effects of any amendment or amendments
to the discretionary spending limits.

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ADJUSTMENTS FOR SEQUESTRATION REPLACEMENT.

(a) Mechanism for Implementing Increase in Discretionary
Limits.--If a measure becomes law that amends the
discretionary spending limits established under section
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), the adjustments to
discretionary spending limits under section 251(b) of that
Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)), or the enforcement procedures
established under section 251A of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901a),
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
shall adjust the allocation called for in section 302(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and may adjust all
other budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, and limits
contained in this resolution, as necessary, consistent with
such measure, up to the amounts specified and reserved in
subparagraph (b).
(b) Amounts Specified and Reserved.--The amounts specified
(and to be reserved from the allocation called for in section
302(a) allocation of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate until such time as the conditions specified in
subsection (a) are met are--
(1) for fiscal year 2016--
(A) for the revised security category, $37,000,000,000 in
budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom); and
(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $37,000,000,000
in budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom); and
(2) for fiscal year 2017--
(A) for the revised security category, $37,000,000,000 in
budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom); and
(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $37,000,000,000
in budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom).

Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, the key budget issue that we are grappling
with is what will we do about sequester in the budget caps. All of us
since March of 2013 have heard in our various committees about the
effect these caps are having on our national defense, our law
enforcement, medical research, education, and every other priority.
This amendment does two simple things. It creates a deficit-neutral
reserve fund to allow us to look for a sequester replacement that can
analyze mandatory programs other than Social Security, discretionary
programs, and tax entitlements--tax expenditures. Second, it creates a
mechanism if such a bill is enacted to adjust the budget caps. If we
are serious about lifting sequester, we should vote for this bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, one of the things the Republicans on the
Budget Committee have suggested was that as soon as we finish the
budget, which we hope to finish by April 15, that we could begin to
look at the Budget Control Act itself. The budget resolution already
provides for sequester replacement. There is a reserve fund in place
for the sequester to use if the circumstances permit. Additionally this
amendment would increase taxes, not to reduce the deficit but to
increase spending. At a time when our national debt exceeds $18
trillion when our debt is bigger than our economy, we need to talk
about cutting spending and taxes, not increasing them.
On the last recorded vote for the fiscal year 2016 budget resolution,
I urge my colleagues to vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the Kaine
amendment No. 1047, as modified.
Mrs. MURRAY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There is a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) are necessarily
absent.
The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 48, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 134 Leg.]

YEAS--50

Alexander
Ayotte
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Collins
Coons
Corker
Donnelly
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Graham
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCain
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--48

Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kirk
Lankford
Lee
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Mikulski

The amendment (No. 1047), as modified, was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

Amendments Nos. 950; 647; 485; 780; 765; 348; 425; 624; 422; 595; 651;
604; 885; 346; 456; 597, as modified; 449; 534; 339; 693; 770; 830;
538; 1081; 380, as modified; 416, as modified; 1027; 827; 374, as
modified; 931; 404; 458, as modified; 648; 426; 442; 625; 620; 1039;
482; 402; 490, as modified; 491; 822; 533; 1099; 420, as modified;
1028; 453; 752, as modified; 1073, as modified; 1110; 983; 642; 636;
638; 431; 793; 439; 705; 578; 342; 882; 899; 713; 364; 1002; 877; 721;
1067; 643; 437; 1005; 697; 569; 520; 708; 803; 1003; 720; 1033; 1013;
639; 1044; 434; 918; 986; 866; 392; 792; 1105; 1101; 435; 473; 1091;
580; 585; 645; 694; 1104; 586; and 394

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On page S2014, March 26, 2015, in the subhead in the third
column, the following language appears: . . .1033; 482; 1013;. . .

The online Record has been corrected to read: . . .1033; 1013;.
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Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I send a list of amendments to the desk that
has been cleared by both managers and both leaders.
I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be considered en bloc and
agreed to en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendments proposed (Nos. 950; 647; 780; 765; 348; 624; 422; 651;
604; 885; 534; 339; 693; 830; 538; 1081; 380, as modified; 1027; 374,
as modified; 931; 404; 458, as modified; 648; 625; 620; 1039; 482; 491;
822; 1099; 420, as modified; 1028; 752, as modified; 1073, as modified;
1110; 983; 642; 431; 793; 705; 882; 1002; 1067; 643; 569; 520; 803;
1003; 1033; 1013; 918; 986; 866; 792; 1105; 1101; 1091; 580; 585; 645;
1104; and 586) are as follows:

=========================== NOTE ===========================

On page S2014, March 26, 2015, at the bottom of the third
column, the following language appears: . . . 1073, as modified;
1100; . . .

The online Record has been corrected to read: . . 1073, as
modified; 1110; . . .

========================= END NOTE =========================

=========================== NOTE ===========================

On page S2014, March 26, 2015, at the bottom of the third
column, the following language appears: . . .1033; 482; 1013;. . .

The online Record has been corrected to read: . . .1033; 1013;.
. .

========================= END NOTE =========================

=========================== NOTE ===========================

On page S2014, March 26, 2015, at the bottom of the third
column, the following language appears:. . .1104; 586; and 394)
are as follows:

The online Record has been corrected to read: . . .1104; and
586) are as follows:

========================= END NOTE =========================

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amendment no. 950

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and are only a plane ride away from
becoming United States citizens to their American citizen parents
residing in the United States)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING
THE RETURN OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN LEGALLY
ADOPTED BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM THE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.

amendment no. 647

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department
of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW NUCLEAR-CAPABLE CRUISE
MISSILE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

amendment no. 780

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ELIMINATING THE BACKLOG OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
EVIDENCE KITS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual assault
evidence kits, which may include auditing the hidden backlog
of untested sexual assault kits and ensuring that the
collection and processing of DNA evidence by law enforcement
agencies from crimes is carried out in an appropriate and
timely manner, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

amendment no. 765

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
meeting the obligations outlined in the Plutonium Management and
Disposition Agreement)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MIXED
OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION.

amendment no. 348

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
installing watchdogs at Federal agencies with extended Inspector
General vacancies and strengthening and reforming Offices of Inspectors
General to ensure that such Offices are appropriately prioritizing the
investigation of waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct within Federal
agencies)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING
OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL AND PREVENTING
EXTENDED VACANCIES.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to strengthening and reforming Federal Offices of
Inspectors General, reducing vacancies in such Offices, and
providing for improvements in the overall economy,
efficiency, and effectiveness of Inspectors General by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

amendment no. 624

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the
competitiveness of the United States)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE
COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

amendment no. 422

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat populations
and local economic development are compatible)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING
THAT THE CONSERVATION OF NORTHERN LONG-EARED
BAT POPULATIONS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ARE COMPATIBLE.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), which may include requirements that State
conservation plans relating to the northern long-eared bat
are given maximum flexibility to be successful so as to
preserve and protect local and rural economies before any
Federal listing decision is made with respect to the northern
long-eared bat, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

amendment no. 651

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the Drug
Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter
into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement agencies)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION TO ENTER INTO JOINT TASK
FORCES WITH TRIBAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.

amendment no. 604

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal agencies)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ENCOURAGING COST SAVINGS IN OFFICE SPACE USED
BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

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space used by Federal agencies, which may include encouraging
Federal agencies to utilize office space unused by the
Federal Government before purchasing or renting additional
space, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2025.

amendment no. 885

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring
entrepreneurs through small business development centers)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

amendment no. 534

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in States that have
decriminalized marijuana)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING
ACCESS TO MARIJUANA EDIBLES BY CHILDREN IN
STATES THAT HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA.

amendment no. 339

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing mortgage lending to rural areas)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
MORTGAGE LENDING TO RURAL AREAS.

AMENDMENT NO. 693

(Purpose: To modify section 431 relating to oversight of Government
performance)

In section 431, insert ``in the Office of Inspector General
semiannual reports and the Office of Inspector General's list
of unimplemented recommendations and'' before ``on the
Government Accountability Office's''.

AMENDMENT NO. 830

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to
toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
RESEARCHING HEALTH CONDITIONS OF THE
DESCENDANTS OF VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC
SUBSTANCES DURING SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

AMENDMENT NO. 538

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing the Family Funds limit of the Small Business Investment
Company Program from $225,000,000 to $350,000,000, as passed by the
Committee in 2013, which is zero subsidy and funded entirely through
fees paid by investors and businesses)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RAISING
THE FAMILY OF FUNDS LIMIT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM.

AMENDMENT NO. 1081

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators
of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to advertise
commercial sex with children over the Internet)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETECTION,
INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION OF THE OWNERS
AND OPERATORS OF WEBSITES WHO KNOWINGLY ALLOW
SUCH WEBSITES TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE
COMMERCIAL SEX WITH CHILDREN OVER THE INTERNET.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to online child sex trafficking, which may include
the detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners
and operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites
to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the
Internet, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

AMENDMENT NO. 380, As Modified

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to assist the
States in carrying out drought prevention plans)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT STATE
DROUGHT PREVENTION PLANS.

AMENDMENT NO. 1027

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and
protect the open Internet in a manner that provides clear and certain
rules and does not jeopardize public safety, universal service,
privacy, accessibility, consumer protection, competition, innovation,
or investment)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE AND
PROTECT THE OPEN INTERNET.

AMENDMENT NO. 374, as Modified

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer
screening test under the Medicare program)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
COVERAGE OF VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPIES AS A
COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TEST UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.

AMENDMENT NO. 931

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen
waterborne commerce in our ports and harbors, which may include
increasing the percentage of the amounts expended from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund that are dedicated to port infrastructure and
maintenance)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
STRENGTHENING WATERBORNE COMMERCE IN OUR PORTS
AND HARBORS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to strengthening waterborne commerce in our ports
and harbors, which may include increasing the amounts
expended from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that are
dedicated to port infrastructure and maintenance in
accordance with section 2101(b) of the Water Resources Reform
and Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121), by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 and the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

AMENDMENT NO. 404

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
modernization of the nuclear command, control, and communications
architecture of the United States)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
MODERNIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL,
AND COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNITED
STATES.

AMENDMENT NO. 458, as Modified

(Purpose: To protect the American people and strengthen our national
security by fully funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA) and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BARDA AND
THE BIOSHIELD SPECIAL RESERVE FUND.

AMENDMENT NO. 648

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
THE NUCLEAR FORCES AND MISSIONS OF THE AIR
FORCE.

AMENDMENT NO. 625

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory
process)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FEDERAL
REGULATORY PROCESS.

Amendment No. 620

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite
awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE AWARDS
UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM.

Amendment No. 1039

(Purpose: To provide to the Indian Health Service an additional
$25,000,000 for contract support costs and to provide to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs an additional $26,000,000 for contract support costs)

On page 27, line 2, increase the amount by $26,000,000.
On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $26,000,000.
On page 30, line 11, increase the amount by $25,000,000.
On page 30, line 12, increase the amount by $25,000,000.
On page 43, line 19, decrease the amount by $51,000,000.
On page 43, line 20, decrease the amount by $51,000,000.

Amendment No. 482

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in Federal
facilities)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ENCOURAGING THE INCREASED USE OF PERFORMANCE
CONTRACTING IN FEDERAL FACILITIES.

Amendment No. 491

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the
Corporation for National and Community Service)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

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the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of
the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 822

(Purpose: To eliminate Federal duplication and consolidate the 94
Federal green building programs spread across 11 different Federal
agencies)

On page 81, line 12, strike ``or''.
On page 81, line 15, insert ``or'' at the end.
On page 81, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
(4) the reduction of duplicative Federal green building
programs;

Amendment No. 1099

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support
investments in precision medicine, biomedical research, and the
National Institutes of Health)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to Federal investments in precision medicine and
biomedical research, which may include increasing funding to
account for inflation, to support finding ways to prevent,
treat, and cure diseases or conditions like Alzheimer's and
other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, and to provide
long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

Amendment No. 420, as modified

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
efforts to combat the increase abuse of heroin and methamphetamines in
the United States)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS THE HEROIN
AND METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE EPIDEMIC IN THE
UNITED STATES.

Amendment No. 1028

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing access to necessary equipment for Medicare beneficiaries)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
ACCESS TO NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES.

Amendment No. 752, as modified

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines in
defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the
security of NATO)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES' NATO ALLIES TO
REVERSE DECLINES IN DEFENSE SPENDING AND BEAR A
MORE PROPORTIONATE BURDEN FOR ENSURING THE
SECURITY OF NATO.

Amendment No. 1073, as modified

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
investigation and recovery of missing weapons and military equipment
provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States Government)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY OF MISSING WEAPONS
AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the investigation and to the extent practicable
the recovery of missing weapons and military equipment
provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States
Government to ensure that such items are not in the
possession of or used by radical extremist groups operating
in the country by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 1110

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving higher education data and transparency)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
HIGHER EDUCATION DATA AND TRANSPARENCY.

amendment no. 983

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting programs that keep low-income older individuals healthy and
able to live at home, such as those programs funded through the Older
Americans Act of 1965)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING
PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF
1965.

amendment no. 642

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
establishment of a commission on Native children)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO NATIVE
CHILDREN.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to Native children, which may include establishing a
commission to examine existing Federal programs to improve
the efficiency and effectiveness of services delivered to
Native children to improve outcomes, by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

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amendment no. 431

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
medical treatment and compensation for first responders, survivors, and
their families injured and made ill by the 9/11 attacks)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MEDICAL
TREATMENT AND COMPENSATION FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES
INJURED AND MADE ILL BY THE 9/11 ATTACKS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the September 11th terrorism attacks at the World
Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville Crash site,
which may include legislation that extends medical monitoring
and treatment services and compensation for first responders,
survivors, and their families, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

amendment no. 793

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
construction of Native American schools)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
CONSTRUCTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to construction of Native American schools, which
may include replacement school construction that replaces the
entirety or majority of a school campus or replacement
facility construction that replaces individual buildings that
are beyond cost-effective repair measures, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2025.

amendment no. 705

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Indo-
Pacific partner capacity building and strategy)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INDO-
PACIFIC PARTNER CAPACITY BUILDING AND STRATEGY.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to supporting a comprehensive multi-year partner
capacity building and security cooperation plan in the Indo-
Pacific region, including for a regional maritime domain
awareness architecture and for bilateral and multilateral
exercises, port calls, and training activities of the United
States Armed Forces and Coast Guard to further a
comprehensive strategy to strengthen United States alliances
and partnerships, freedom of navigation, and the unimpeded
access to the maritime commons of the Asia-Pacific by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

amendment no. 882

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving prevention and treatment measures to mitigate agricultural
impacts from virus outbreaks, such as impacts seen from the avian
influenza poultry outbreak)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL
VIRUS OUTBREAKS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the improvement of prevention and treatment
measures to mitigate agricultural impacts from an
agricultural virus outbreak, such as the impacts seen from
the avian influenza outbreak, which may include investments
in vaccine development or research in pathway analysis, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

Amendment No. 1002

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
National Park Service Centennial)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to the protection, preservation, or restoration of
the National Park System, which may include a National Park
Centennial Fund or other dedicated funding, for
infrastructure or natural, cultural, or historic resource
preservation and programs in units of the National Park
System, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 1067

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to
supporting at-sea and dockside monitoring for fisheries that have
received economic disaster assistance)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO PROVIDING
FOR FULL FUNDING FOR AT-SEA AND DOCKSIDE
MONITORING FOR CERTAIN FISHERIES.

Amendment No. 643

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
training and resources for first responders responding to hazardous
materials incidents on railroads)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRAINING
AND RESOURCES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING
TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS ON RAILROADS.

Amendment No. 569

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
investing in rural and tribal water infrastructure)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTING
IN RURAL AND TRIBAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

Amendment No. 520

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to sexual
assault at institutions of higher education, which may include the
implementation of an independent and standardized online survey tool
developed and administered by the Department of Education, in
consultation with the Department of Justice, to measure the prevalence
of sexual assault at institutions of higher education)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

[[Page S2020]]

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO SEXUAL
ASSAULT AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
related to sexual assault at institutions of higher
education, which may include the implementation of an
independent and standardized online survey tool developed and
administered by the Department of Education, in consultation
with the Department of Justice, to measure the prevalence of
sexual assault at institutions of higher education, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

Amendment No. 803

(Purpose: To ensure that the deficit-neutral reserve fund for
infrastructure includes investment in rural broadband deployment)

On page 56, line 16, insert after ``United States'' the
following: ``, including programs that expedite the
deployment of broadband to rural areas,''.

Amendment No. 1081

At the end of title III, add the following:

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to online child sex trafficking, which may include
the detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners
and operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites
to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the
Internet, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 1003

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
authorizing children who are eligible to receive health care furnished
under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain
such eligibility until age 26)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
AUTHORIZING CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RETAIN SUCH ELIGIBILITY
UNTIL AGE 26.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to supporting children who are eligible to receive
health care furnished under the laws administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, including by allowing such
children to retain such eligibility until age 26, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

Amendment No. 1033

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
prioritization of broad-based criminal justice reform)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE
PRIORITIZATION OF BROAD-BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.

Amendment No. 482

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in Federal
facilities)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ENCOURAGING THE INCREASED USE OF PERFORMANCE
CONTRACTING IN FEDERAL FACILITIES.

Amendment No. 1013

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
strengthening the economy by accelerating the transfer of technologies
from laboratories of the Department of Energy and the Department of
Defense to the marketplace)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY BY ACCELERATING THE
TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES FROM LABORATORIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE TO THE MARKETPLACE.

Amendment No. 918

(Purpose: To include legislation concerning weatherization and energy
efficiency retrofit programs in a deficit-neutral reserve fund)

On page 81, line 10, insert before the semicolon ``, which
may include weatherization and energy efficiency retrofit
programs for low-income individuals''.
On page 81, line 12, insert before the semicolon ``, which
may include seasonal assistance, crisis fuel assistance, or
other assistance to low-income individuals''.

Amendment No. 986

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reforming student loan programs, which may include risk-sharing by
institutions of higher education)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS.

Amendment No. 866

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing funding for the Department of Transportation for the TIGER
discretionary grant program)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING
FUNDING FOR THE TIGER DISCRETIONARY GRANT
PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Amendment No. 792

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
innovation in higher education)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

[[Page S2021]]

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ESTABLISHING A NEW OUTCOME-BASED PROCESS FOR
AUTHORIZING INNOVATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION
PROVIDERS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to promoting innovation in higher education, which
may include establishing a new outcome-based process for
authorizing innovative higher education providers to
participate in programs under title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.

Amendment No. 1105

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving community relations with law enforcement officers)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to community policing, which may include increasing
the number of law enforcement officers who walk patrols that
enable them to interact and build relationships with
community members, increasing and improving training for law
enforcement officers, encouraging the responsible and
carefully considered use of body cameras and their recordings
by law enforcement officers, encouraging law enforcement to
de-escalate confrontations whenever feasible, and ensuring
that prosecutions of law enforcement officers are fair and
impartial, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 1101

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support
investments in research and development and to improve the
competitiveness of the United States)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT RESEARCH.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to Federal investments in scientific research and
development, which may include supporting biomedical research
to find ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or
conditions like Alzheimer's and other life-threatening or
chronic illnesses, providing long-term cost savings to the
Federal Government, and supporting national security, basic
energy research, innovative solutions, and American
competitiveness, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 1091

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing students and families with transparent, easily understood
information about postsecondary education financial aid)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS
AND FAMILIES WITH TRANSPARENT, EASILY
UNDERSTOOD POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FINANCIAL
AID INFORMATION.

Amendment No. 580

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing adequate funding for the Contract Tower Program of the
Federal Aviation Administration)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM
OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

Amendment No. 585

(Purpose: To modify the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and
servicemembers to improve outreach, access, and services for rural
veterans)

On page 55, strike line 4 and insert the following:
support for caregivers; or
(8) improving outreach, access, and services for rural
veterans;

Amendment No. 645

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
underground and surface coal mining safety and health research)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE MINING SAFETY AND
HEALTH RESEARCH.

Amendment No. 1104

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to
imposing sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or
significant acts of corruption and to encourage the Secretary of State
to add additional names to the Magnitsky List)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUNDS RELATING TO FOREIGN
PERSONS.

(a) Deficit-neutral Reserve Fund Relating to Imposing
Sanctions With Respect to Foreign Persons Responsible for
Gross Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights
or Significant Acts of Corruption.--The Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and
other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more
bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the
Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to imposing
sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights
or significant acts of corruption by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
(b) Deficit-neutral Reserve Fund Relating to Interagency
Cooperation.--The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of
the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or
committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or
conference reports relating to interagency cooperation, which
may include expedited interagency cooperation to identify
foreign nationals subject to sanctions under title IV of the
Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky
Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-208),
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2016 through 2025.

Amendment No. 586

(Purpose: To modify the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and
servicemembers to address specifically the growing backlog of appeals
of decisions regarding claims for disability compensation)

On page 54, line 9, insert ``, including the growing
backlog of appeals of decisions regarding claims for
disability compensation'' after ``veterans''.

Amendment No. 394

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
special treatment of the income tax credit for research expenditures
for startup companies)

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

[[Page S2022]]

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SPECIAL
TREATMENT OF THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH
EXPENDITURES FOR STARTUP COMPANIES.

The amendments (Nos. 950; 647; 485; 780; 765; 348; 425; 624; 422;
595; 651; 604; 885; 346; 456; 597, as modified; 449; 534; 339; 693;
770; 830; 538; 1081; 380, as modified; 416, as modified; 1027; 827;
374, as modified; 931; 404; 458, as modified; 648; 426; 442; 625; 620;
1039; 482; 402; 490, as modified; 491; 822; 533; 1099; 420, as
modified; 1028; 453; 752, as modified; 1073, as modified; 1110; 983;
642; 636; 638; 431; 793; 439; 705; 578; 342; 882; 899; 713; 364; 1002;
877; 721; 1067; 643; 437; 1005; 697; 569; 520; 708; 803; 1003; 720;
1033; 1013; 639; 1044; 434; 918; 986; 866; 392; 792; 1105; 1101; 435;
473; 1091; 580; 585; 645; 694; 1104; 586; and 394) were agreed to en
bloc.

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On page S2022, March 26, 2015, in the first column, the
following language appears: . . .1033; 482; 1013;. . .

The online Record has been corrected to read: . . .1033; 1013;.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
Mr. McCONNELL. Very briefly. I thank all Members of the Senate for
their cooperation. I know it has been a trying day, and we appreciate
everybody's cooperation in getting this important measure to the finish
line. It will be a good day for the Senate.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the pending
amendments are withdrawn and the question occurs on adoption of S. Con.
Res. 11, as amended.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.

SGR Legislation

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I, too, wish to express my appreciation to
everyone who worked today. The thing I enjoyed most of all was the
recess subject to the call of the Chair.
One thing we all acknowledge that we need to do is to prevent
automatic cuts to doctors under Medicare because it is not only
important to the doctors, it is also important to the patients--the so-
called sustainable growth rate, or SGR--and we need to reauthorize the
Children's Health Insurance Program.
There is a lot of stuff in the bill that passed the House. They got
392 votes on that. That is a rare vote over there. I am pleased they
did that. We are willing, over here, to proceed with this matter
tonight.
As I indicated to the leader earlier on today, we had hoped we could
get this done, but I understand it is late, whatever day it is. It is a
bill that is 362 pages long. We are willing to move forward. I am
disappointed we may not be able to get it done tonight. I sure wish we
could. If we can't, I hope the majority leader will move to this matter
as soon as we get back here after the recess. It is a very important
piece of legislation that we all acknowledge we need to do.
I understand we want to help the physicians. I acknowledge that, but
remember, those Medicare physicians take care of people who are badly
in need of health care. It is not only for the doctors that we need to
do this, we need to do it for their patients.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, just to reassure my colleagues, CMS
indicates that they can handle this for up to 2 weeks. It was
encouraging that this passed the House with such a large bipartisan
majority, and I want to reassure everyone who is interested in this
legislation that we will move to it very quickly when we get back. As I
indicated, once again, they can handle a 2-week gap here. We will turn
to this legislation very quickly when we get back. I think there is
every reason to believe it will pass the Senate by a very large
majority.
Mr. REID. Finally, it is my understanding that when we come back, we
could have a very limited number of amendments to try to dispose of
this.
Mr. McCONNELL. I am sorry. I didn't hear the Democratic leader.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I said when we come back after 2 weeks, I
hope the majority leader will consider a very limited number of
amendments with time agreements on them.
Mr. McCONNELL. The Democratic leader and I will discuss the way
forward. But I wanted to reassure everyone that this 2-week delay will
not impact this, and I believe we will be able to figure out a way to
go forward very quickly on something that is so overwhelmingly popular
on a bipartisan basis.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on adoption of S. Con. Res.
11, as amended.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There is a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) are necessarily
absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Boozman). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 135 Leg.]

YEAS--52

Alexander
Ayotte
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kirk
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

NAYS--46

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cruz
Donnelly
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Peters
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Mikulski

The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 11), as amended, was agreed
to.
(The resolution, as amended, will be printed in a future edition of
the Record.)
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

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