[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2015--CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the 
Senate the conference report accompanying H.R. 644.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 644, which will be stated by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the House to the amendment of 
     the Senate to the bill (H.R. 644), to reauthorize trade 
     facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, 
     and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the 
     Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the 
     House to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same 
     with an amendment and the House agree to the same, signed by 
     a majority of the conferees on the part of both Houses.

  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the conference report.
  (The conference report is printed in the House proceedings of the 
Record of December 9, 2015.)


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  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 conference 
     report to accompany H.R. 644, an act to reauthorize trade 
     facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, 
     and for other purposes.
         Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, Pat Roberts, Roy Blunt, 
           Chuck Grassley, Shelley Moore Capito, Richard Burr, 
           Mike Crapo, Thad Cochran, John Thune, John Hoeven, Tim 
           Scott, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Kelly Ayotte, Tom 
           Cotton, Orrin G. Hatch.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call be waived with respect to the cloture motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I just filed cloture on the Customs 
conference report. The House has passed this commonsense bipartisan 
bill, and it is time for the Senate to do it as well.

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