`[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 122 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6259-S6260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    VETERANS JOBS CORPS ACT OF 2012

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3457) to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to establish a veterans jobs corps, and for other 
     purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                           Amendment No. 2789

               (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.)

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Murray, I call up the 
substitute amendment, No. 2789.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mrs. Murray, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 2789.

  (The amendment is printed in the Record of Tuesday, September 11, 
2012, under ``Text of Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2808 To Amendment No. 2789

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a first-degree perfecting amendment 
which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2808 to amendment No. 2789.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC. ___.

       This Act shall become effective 7 days after enactment.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on that 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2809 To Amendment No. 2808

  Mr. REID. 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 Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2809 to amendment No. 2808.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``7 days'' and insert ``6 days''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion on the substitute 
amendment which is at 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, hereby move to bring to 
a close debate on the substitute amendment No. 2789 to S. 3457, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans 
jobs corps, and for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Bill Nelson, Carl Levin, Tom Harkin, Jeff 
           Bingaman, Christopher A. Coons, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Patrick J. Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Daniel K. Inouye, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Al Franken, Barbara Boxer, Ron 
           Wyden, Robert Menendez, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barbara 
           Mikulski.


                           Amendment No. 2810

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk to the 
language proposed to be stricken.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2810 to the language proposed to be stricken by 
     amendment No. 2789.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:
       Sec. ___.
       This Act shall become effective 5 days after enactment.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on that 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2811 To Amendment No. 2810

  Mr. REID. 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 Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2811 to amendment No. 2810.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``5 days'' and insert ``4 days''.


                Motion To Commit With Amendment No. 2812

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to commit the bill with 
instructions which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the 
     bill, S. 3457, to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with 
     instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment 
     numbered 2812.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC. ___.

       This Act shall become effective 3 days after enactment.

  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                           Amendment No. 2813

  Mr. REID. 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 Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2813 to the instructions (Amendment No. 2812) to 
     commit S. 3457.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``2 days''.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on that 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2814 To Amendment No. 2813

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.

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  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2814 to amendment No. 2813.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``2 days'' and insert ``1 day''.

                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion to the bill, which 
is at 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on S. 3457, a bill to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
     veterans jobs corps, and for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Bill Nelson, Carl Levin, Tom Harkin, Jeff 
           Bingaman, Christopher A. Coons, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Patrick J. Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Daniel K. Inouye, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Al Franken, Barbara Boxer, Ron 
           Wyden, Robert Menendez, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barbara 
           Mikulski.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII be waived on the cloture motion just filed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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