[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4929-4930]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   PROTECTING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ACT OF 
                   2014--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, is the motion to proceed to H.R. 3979 now 
pending?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion to proceed is now pending.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, that being the case, I have a cloture motion 
that has been filed.
  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 debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 333, H.R. 3979, an act to amend the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
     services volunteers are not taken into account as employees 
     under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
         Harry Reid, Jack Reed, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Robert 
           P. Casey, Jr., Tammy Baldwin, Jon Tester, Tom Udall, 
           Bernard Sanders, Michael F. Bennet, Christopher A. 
           Coons, Elizabeth Warren, Charles E. Schumer, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Patrick J. Leahy.


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


            Unanimous Consent Agreement--Executive Calendar

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
disposition of H.R. 4152, the Senate proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 689; that there be 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided in the usual form prior to a vote on the nomination; that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no 
intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order; that 
any related statements be printed in the Record; that the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate resume 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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