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 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2010

  Mr. REID. I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the 
House with respect to H.R. 2847.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate a 
message from the House.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
     Senate to the bill (H.R. 2847) entitled ``An Act making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice 
     and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2010, and for other purposes,'' with a House 
     amendment to the Senate amendment.


                           amendment no. 3310

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment to the bill, with an amendment which is at the 
desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows.

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to concur in the 
     House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2847 with an 
     amendment numbered 3310.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment 
be dispensed with.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.


                amendment no. 3311 to amendment no. 3310

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk 
and ask that it be stated.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3311 to amendment No. 3310.

  The amendment (No. 3311) reads as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, insert the following:
       The provisions of this Act shall become effective 5 days 
     after enactment.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 motion to 
     concur with an amendment to the House amendment to the Senate 
     amendment to H.R. 2847, an act making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Commerce, and Justice and Science, and Related 
     Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 
     for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Barbara Boxer, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Mark R. Warner, Tom Harkin, Kay R. Hagan, 
           Daniel K. Inouye, Bill Nelson, Al Franken, Max Baucus, 
           John D. Rockefeller, IV, Robert Menendez, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Daniel K. Akaka, Frank R. Lautenberg, Byron 
           L. Dorgan, Richard Durbin.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote occur at 5:30 
p.m. on Monday, February 22, and the mandatory quorum be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.


                Motion to Refer with Amendment No. 3312

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to refer with instructions 
at the desk, and I ask that it be stated.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to refer the House 
     message to the Appropriations Committee, with instructions to 
     report back forthwith with an amendment numbered 3312.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``The Committee on Appropriations is requested to study the 
     impact of any delay in implementing the provisions of the Act 
     on job creation on a regional and national level.''

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                           Amendment No. 3313

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment to my instructions at 
the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
amendment.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3313 to the instructions of the motion to refer.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

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       ``and include statistics of specific service-related 
     positions created.''

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on that 
amendment.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 3314 to Amendment No. 3313

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
amendment.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3314 to amendment No. 3313.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       ``and the impact on the local economy.''

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