[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 12056]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--H.R. 1911

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be 
determined by me after consultation with Senator McConnell, the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 139, H.R. 1911; that the 
only first-degree amendment in order to the bill be a Manchin-Burr 
amendment, the text of which is at the desk; that the only second-
degree amendments in order to the Manchin-Burr amendment be the 
following, the text of which is at the desk: Reed of Rhode Island-
Warren, and the second amendment would be Sanders; there be up to 1 
hour of debate equally divided between the proponents and opponents on 
each amendment; that there be 3 hours of debate on the bill equally 
divided between the chairman and ranking member or their designees, 
with Senator Boxer controlling 30 minutes of the Democratic time and 
Senator Reed controlling 15 minutes of the Democratic time; that no 
points of order or motions be in order other than budget points of 
order and the applicable motions to waive; that upon the use or 
yielding back of that time, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to 
the second-degree amendments in the order listed; that upon disposition 
of the Sanders amendment, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the 
Manchin-Burr amendment, as amended, if amended; that upon disposition 
of the Manchin-Burr amendment, the bill, as amended, if amended, be 
read a third time and the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the 
bill, as amended, if amended; that all of the amendments and passage of 
the bill be subject to a 60-affirmative-vote threshold; that there be 
two minutes equally divided between the votes; finally, all after the 
first vote be 10-minute votes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, first of all, I would like the Record to 
reflect how instrumental the Presiding Officer was in our ability to 
get this done. I appreciate it very much, as does everyone in the 
Senate. In the near future, the American people will acknowledge his 
good work on this issue.

                          ____________________