[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 40 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2015

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the body 
the message to accompany S. 764.
  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

       Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 764) entitled 
     ``An Act to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant 
     College Program Act, and for other purposes,'' do pass with 
     an amendment.


                Motion to Concur With Amendment No. 3450

  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to concur in the House amendment to S. 764 with 
a further amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] moves to concur 
     in the House amendment to S. 764 with an amendment numbered 
     3450.

  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. I send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to 
concur.
  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 motion to 
     concur in the House amendment with an amendment to S. 764, a 
     bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College 
     Program Act, and for other purposes.
         Mitch McConnell, Mike Rounds, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, 
           Tom Cotton, Roger F. Wicker, Mike Crapo, Johnny 
           Isakson, John Cornyn, Pat Roberts, Orrin G. Hatch, 
           Richard Burr, James M. Inhofe, Jeff Flake, Tim Scott, 
           Cory Gardner, Shelley Moore Capito.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call 
be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                            Motion to Refer

  Mr. McConnell. I move to refer the House message on S. 764 to the 
Committee on Commerce.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] moves to refer 
     the bill, S. 764, to the Committee on Commerce, Science and 
     Transportation.

  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

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