[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 15696-15697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is my understanding that bill is now 
going to be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1023) to establish a non-profit corporation to 
     communicate United States entry policies and otherwise 
     promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United 
     States.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the majority on the Commerce Committee has 
provided authority to the Chairman, Senator Rockefeller, to withdraw 
the committee amendments and the chairman has now provided me with that 
authority.
  Therefore, on the authority granted by Senator Rockefeller of the 
Commerce Committee, I now withdraw the Committee amendments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The committee amendments are withdrawn.


                           Amendment No. 1347

              (Purpose: To provide a perfecting amendment)

  Mr. REID. On behalf of Senators Dorgan and Rockefeller, I offer a 
perfecting amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Dorgan and Mr. 
     Rockefeller, proposes an amendment numbered 1347.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment 
be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. It is my understanding that there is a cloture motion at 
the desk.
  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 the debate on the Dorgan 
     amendment, No. 1347, to S. 1023, the Travel Promotion Act of 
     2009.
         Harry Reid, Byron L. Dorgan, Barbara Boxer, Ron Wyden, 
           Michael Begich, Evan Bayh, Charles Schumer, Max Baucus, 
           Jon Tester, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Amy Klobuchar, 
           Patrick Leahy, Barbara Mikulski, Robert Menendez, Jeff 
           Bingaman, Joseph Lieberman.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to 
be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 1348 to Amendment No. 1347

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1348 to amendment No. 1347.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, add the following:
       This section shall take effect 5 days after enactment.


                           Amendment No. 1349

  Mr. REID. I now call up my amendment to the language proposed to be 
stricken and ask for its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1349 to the language proposed to be stricken by 
     amendment No. 1347.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the language proposed to be stricken, insert 
     the following:
       This section shall take effect 4 days after the date of 
     enactment.

  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 1350 to Amendment No. 1349

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1350 to amendment No. 1349.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``4'' and insert ``3''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion 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 assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with this 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close the debate on S. 1023, the 
     Travel Promotion Act of 2009.
         Harry Reid, Byron L. Dorgan, Barbara Boxer, Ron Wyden, 
           Michael Begich, Evan Bayh, Charles Schumer, Max Baucus, 
           Jon Tester, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Amy Klobuchar, 
           Patrick Leahy, Barbara Mikulski, Robert Menendez, Jeff 
           Bingaman, Joseph Lieberman.


               Motion to Recommit with Amendment No. 1351

  Mr. REID. I now have a motion to recommit with instructions. That 
motion is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to recommit the 
     bill to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation with instructions to report back forthwith 
     with the following amendment numbered 1351.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end insert the following: This section shall become 
     effective 2 days after enactment of the bill.

  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 1352 to Amendment No. 1351

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1352 to amendment No. 1351.

  The amendment is as follows:

       Strike ``2'' and insert ``1''.

  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?

[[Page 15697]]

  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 1353 to Amendment No. 1352

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1353 to amendment No. 1352.

  The amendment is as follows:

       Strike ``1'' and insert ``immediately''

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

                          ____________________