[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14485-14486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3790. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and 
expenditures intended to affect elections; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:
     That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to 
     all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
     ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
     States:

                              ``Article--

       ``Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of 
     religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 
     abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the 
     right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition 
     the Government for a redress of grievances.''.
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  SA 3791. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the joint resolution S.J. 
Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections; as follows:

       In Section 1, strike ``and the electoral process'' and 
     insert ``the electoral process and to prevent corruption''
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  SA 3792. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3791 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 19, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections; as 
follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``, which shall not be limited to bribery or quid pro quo 
     corruption''
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  SA 3793. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the joint resolution S.J. 
Res. 19, proposing an amendment to

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the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and 
expenditures intended to affect elections; as follows:

       In Section 1, strike ``electoral processes'' and insert 
     ``the electoral processes and to prevent corruption in 
     government''
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  SA 3794. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3793 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 19, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections; as 
follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``, which shall not be defined solely as bribery or quid 
     pro quo corruption''
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  SA 3795. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the joint resolution S.J. 
Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections; as follows:

       In Section 1, strike ``and electoral processes'' and insert 
     ``process and prevent corruption in the electoral system''
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  SA 3796. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3795 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 19, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections; as 
follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``system'' and insert ``process''.
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  SA 3797. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3796 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the amendment SA 3795 proposed by Mr. Reid to the joint 
resolution S.J. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended 
to affect elections; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       ``, which shall not be constrained to bribery or quid pro 
     quo corruption''
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  SA 3798. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XXVI, add the following:

     SEC. 2614. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
                   2011 PROJECT.

       (a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
     Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (division B of 
     Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4436), the authorization set 
     forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 
     2602 of that Act (124 Stat. 4453), and extended by section 
     2612 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 
     1003), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2015, or the 
     date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for 
     military construction for fiscal year 2016, whichever is 
     later.
       (b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as 
     follows:

                       Extension of 2011 National Guard and Reserve Project Authorization
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                 State                     Installation or Location            Project                Amount
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Virginia...............................  Fort Story.................  Army Reserve Center......      $11,000,000
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  SA 3799. Mr. ALEXANDER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2199, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in 
the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       After section 3, add the following:

     SEC. 3A. FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING PARENTS.

       Section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
     U.S.C. 206(d)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
     paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this 
     subsection, an employee and an employer may voluntarily 
     negotiate compensation and benefits to provide flexibility to 
     best meet the needs of such employee and employer, consistent 
     with the other provisions of this Act.''.

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