[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9953-9954]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


           DEFENDING PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the 
Senate the message to accompany H.R. 2146.
  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

       Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
     Senate to the bill (H.R. 2146) entitled ``An Act to amend the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law 
     enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic 
     controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from 
     governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes,'' 
     with an amendment.


                            Motion to Concur

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment 
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2146.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] moves to concur 
     in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2146.


                Motion to Concur with Amendment No. 2060

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment 
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2146 with an amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] moves to concur 
     in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2146 
     with an amendment numbered 2060.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
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 take effect 1 day after the date of 
     enactment.''

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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. 2061 to Amendment No. 2060

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

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2061 to amendment No. 2060.

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

       In the amendment
       Strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''


                Motion to Refer With Amendment No. 2062

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to refer to the Committee on 
Finance H.R. 2146 with instructions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] moves to refer 
     H.R. 2146 to the Committee on Finance with instructions being 
     amendment numbered 2062.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end add the following.
       ``This Act shall take effect 3 days after the date of 
     enactment''

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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. 2063

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

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2063 to the instructions of the motion to 
     refer H.R. 2146.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the instructions
       Strike ``3 days'' and insert ``4 days''

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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. 2064 to Amendment No. 2063

  Mr. McCONNELL. I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2064 to amendment No. 2063.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment
       Strike ``4 days'' and insert ``5 days''


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The senior 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
     2146, an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air 
     traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from 
     governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes.
         Mitch McConnell, Johnny Isakson, David Perdue, Chuck 
           Grassley, Thom Tillis, Marco Rubio, Daniel Coats, John 
           Cornyn, Michael B. Enzi, Kelly Ayotte, Orrin G. Hatch, 
           Roger F. Wicker, Deb Fischer, Rob Portman, Cory 
           Gardner, Richard Burr, Roy Blunt.

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

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