[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5103-5104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PROTECTING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ACT OF 2014

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 3979, which the 
clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:
  Motion to proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 333, H.R. 
3979, a bill 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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time 
is considered expired.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3979) 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                           Amendment No. 2874

       (Purpose: To provide for a perfecting amendment)

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a substitute amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Reed, for 
     himself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Collins, Mr. Booker, 
     Mr. Portman, Mr. Brown, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
     Kirk, proposes an amendment numbered 2874.

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


                Amendment No. 2875 to Amendment No. 2874

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a first-degree amendment to the 
substitute. It is already at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2875 to amendment No. 2874.

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

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 1 day after 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. 2876 to Amendment No. 2875

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment to the 
substitute which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2876 to amendment No. 2875.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''.

                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 substitute 
     amendment No. 2874 to 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, Patrick J. Leahy, Thomas R. 
           Carper, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Edward J. 
           Markey, Christopher A. Coons, Tom Harkin, Cory A. 
           Booker, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Barbara 
           Boxer, Angus S. King, Jr., Christopher Murphy, Al 
           Franken, Bernard Sanders.


                           Amendment No. 2877

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment to the bill at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2877 to the language proposed to be stricken by 
     amendment No. 2874.

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

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 3 days after enactment.

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


                Amendment No. 2878 to Amendment No. 2877

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2878 to amendment No. 2877.

  The amendment is as follows:

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


                Motion to Commit With Amendment No. 2879

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to commit H.R. 3979, but it 
also has instructions, and that is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the bill 
     to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report back 
     forthwith with the following amendment numbered 2879.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 4 days after enactment.

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


                           Amendment No. 2880

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment to the instructions at 
the desk.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2880 to the instructions of the motion to commit 
     H.R. 3979.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``4 days'' and insert ``5 days''.

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


                Amendment No. 2881 to Amendment No. 2880

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

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2881 to amendment No. 2880.

  The amendment is as follows:

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


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk, and I 
ask that the Chair order it reported.
  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 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, Patrick J. Leahy, Thomas R. 
           Carper, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Edward J. 
           Markey, Christopher A. Coons, Tom Harkin, Cory A. 
           Booker, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Barbara 
           Boxer, Angus S. King, Jr., Christopher Murphy, Al 
           Franken, Bernard Sanders.

  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, on the matter before the body before the 
quorum call was ordered, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorums required under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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