[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROTECTING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ACT--Resumed

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, what is the pending business before the 
Senate?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending business is H.R. 1191, which the 
clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1191) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not 
     taken into account as employees under the shared 
     responsibility requirements contained in the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  Pending:

       Corker/Cardin amendment No. 1140, in the nature of a 
     substitute.
       Corker/Cardin amendment No. 1179 (to amendment No. 1140), 
     to require submission of all Persian text included in the 
     agreement.
       Blunt amendment No. 1155 (to amendment No. 1140), to extend 
     the requirement for annual Department of Defense reports on 
     the military power of Iran.
       Vitter modified amendment No. 1186 (to amendment No. 1179), 
     to require an assessment of inadequacies in the international 
     monitoring and verification system as they relate to a 
     nuclear agreement with Iran.
       Cotton amendment No. 1197 (to the language proposed to be 
     stricken by amendment No. 1140), of a perfecting nature.
       Cotton (for Rubio) amendment No. 1198 (to amendment No. 
     1197), to require a certification that Iran's leaders have 
     publically accepted Israel's right to exist as a Jewish 
     state.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the Corker 
amendment No. 1140 to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The senior 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the Corker 
     amendment No. 1140 to H.R. 1191, an act to amend the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
     volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
     shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act.
         Mitch McConnell, Bob Corker, Joni Ernst, Rob Portman, 
           Johnny Isakson, Shelley Moore Capito, Thad Cochran, 
           Orrin G. Hatch, David Perdue, Daniel Coats, Jeff Flake, 
           Kelly Ayotte, Cory Gardner, John Hoeven, Roger F. 
           Wicker, John Thune, John Cornyn.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to H.R. 1191 to 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The senior 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on H.R. 1191, an 
     act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that 
     emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as 
     employees under the shared responsibility requirements 
     contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
         Mitch McConnell, Bob Corker, Joni Ernst, Rob Portman, 
           Johnny Isakson, Shelley Moore Capito, Thad Cochran, 
           Orrin G. Hatch, David Perdue, Daniel Coats, Jeff Flake, 
           Kelly Ayotte, Cory Gardner, John Hoeven, Roger F. 
           Wicker, John Thune, John Cornyn.

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

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