[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 22352]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REMOVAL CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2010

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a 
message from the House with respect the H.R. 5281.
  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

       Resolved, That the House agree to the amendments numbered 1 
     and 2 of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5281) entitled ``An Act 
     to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve 
     certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation 
     against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, and 
     for other purposes'' and be it further
       Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment numbered 3 
     of the Senate with a House amendment to the Senate amendment.


                            Motion To Concur

                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment No. 3, and I have 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 bill clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 3 
     to H.R. 5281, the Removal Clarification Act [DREAM Act].
         Joseph I. Lieberman, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Byron L. 
           Dorgan, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed, Robert Menendez, 
           Mark Begich, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bill Nelson, Michael 
           F. Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Patty Murray, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Christopher J. Dodd, Richard Durbin, John F. 
           Kerry.


                Motion To Concur With Amendment No. 4822

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment No. 3, with an amendment which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to concur in the 
     House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 3, with an 
     amendment numbered 4822.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       The provisions of this Act shall become effective 6 days 
     after enactment.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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. 4823 To Amendment No. 4822

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk 
and ask the clerk to report it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4823 to amendment No. 4822.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``6'' and insert ``5''.


                Motion To Refer With Amendment No. 4824

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to refer the House message to the 
Senate Judiciary Committee with instructions to report back forthwith, 
with the following amendment. I ask the clerk to state that motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to refer the House 
     message on H.R. 5281 to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary 
     with instructions to report back forthwith, with the 
     following amendment numbered 4824.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       The Senate Judiciary Committee is requested to conduct a 
     study, nationwide, on the impact of any delay in implementing 
     the provisions of this Act.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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. 4825

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment to my instructions, 
which is at the desk. I ask it be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4825 to the instructions of the motion to refer H.R. 
     5281.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
     ``and include specific data on the impact of families who 
     would benefit from the act, and submit the data within 5 days 
     of enactment.

  Mr. REID. 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 yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 4826 To Amendment No. 4825

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment to my 
instructions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4826 to amendment No. 4825.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``5'' and insert ``2''.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, that was the DREAM Act.

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