[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 9047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014

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            NORTH TEXAS INVASIVE SPECIES BARRIER ACT OF 2014

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 4032 and the Senate proceed to its consideration 
and to the consideration of Calendar No. 344, S. 2198 en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bills 
en bloc.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, it is my understanding that my request was 
at this point granted; is that right?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Feinstein-Murkowski substitute amendment to S. 2198, which is at the 
desk, be agreed to, the bills, as amended where applicable, be read a 
third time and passed en bloc; that a Feinstein-Murkowski amendment to 
the title of S. 2198, which is at the desk, be agreed to; and the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with 
no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3227) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The bill (S. 2198), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  The amendment (No. 3228) was agreed to, as follows:

                     (Purpose: To modify the title)

       Amend the title to read as follows: ``To direct the 
     Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to take actions to provide 
     additional water supplies to the State of California due to 
     drought, and for other purposes.''.

  The bill (H.R. 4032) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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