[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               USA FREEDOM ACT OF 2015--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to H.R. 2048.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 87, H.R. 2048, a bill to 
     reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require 
     the production of certain business records, conduct 
     electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace 
     devices, and use other forms of information gathering for 
     foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal 
     purposes, and for other purposes.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for 
the motion to proceed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to H.R. 2048, an act to reform the authorities of the 
     Federal Government to require the production of certain 
     business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen 
     registers and trap and trace devises, and use other forms of 
     information gathering for foreign intelligence, 
     counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other 
     purposes.
         Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander, Michael B. Enzi, David 
           Vitter, John Cornyn, Johnny Isakson, Lisa Murkowski, 
           John Barrasso, Richard Burr, Pat Roberts, Roy Blunt, 
           Bob Corker, Orrin G. Hatch, Jerry Moran, Patrick J. 
           Toomey, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I withdraw the motion to proceed to 
H.R. 2048.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.
  The motion is withdrawn.

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