[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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    BIPARTISAN SPORTSMEN'S ACT OF 2014--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will resume legislative session and 
consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 2363, which the clerk will 
report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. 2363, a bill to 
     protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, 
     fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.


                             Cloture Motion

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before 
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
  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 motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. 2363, a bill to protect and 
     enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and 
     shooting, and for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Kay R. Hagan, Richard J. Durbin, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Joe Donnelly, 
           Patrick J. Leahy, Angus S. King, Jr., Mark Begich, Tim 
           Kaine, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Amy Klobuchar, Heidi Heitkamp.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call 
has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the 
motion to proceed to Calendar No. 384, S. 2363, a bill to protect and 
enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, 
and for other purposes, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 82, nays 12, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 218 Leg.]

                                YEAS--82

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lee
     Levin
     Manchin
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reid
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                                NAYS--12

     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Cardin
     Coburn
     Feinstein
     Hirono
     Markey
     Menendez
     Murphy
     Reed
     Warren

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Begich
     Flake
     Isakson
     Landrieu
     Schatz
     Vitter
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 
12. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I voted in support of cloture on the 
motion to proceed to the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014. This is a 
procedural vote to begin debate on this bill, which has been introduced 
by Senator Hagan of North Carolina and is cosponsored by 45 Senators, 
including 26 Republicans.
  Senator Hagan's bill seeks to enhance opportunities for outdoor 
recreation, including hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. It 
also reauthorizes key conservation programs that support outdoor 
recreation. It is no secret that I strongly support efforts to combat 
violent gun crime and to reduce the high number of gun deaths and 
injuries that occur each year, but I recognize the distinction between 
legitimate hunting and target shooting activity, as opposed to 
irresponsible or criminal gun use. I believe there are ways to support 
the former without undermining efforts to reduce the latter.
  If, during debate on this bill, Senators try to add provisions to 
weaken the laws on the books when it comes to keeping our citizens safe 
from gun violence, I will strongly oppose those provisions, but for 
purposes of today's procedural vote, I support moving forward on this 
bipartisan legislation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in 
morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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