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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED
Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, this next vote is one to invoke
cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 47. This is the Natural
Resources Management Act. This is our long-talked-about bipartisan
lands package.
We have a measure in front of us that is composed of over 100 smaller
lands, resources, and water bills. We have included priorities from up
to 50 Senators here in this body; 90 of you have cosponsored.
We reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund. We addressed
sportsmen's priorities. We have a wide range of land exchanges and
conveyances and boundary modifications, water provisions. It creates
new economic opportunities and improves the management of our Federal
lands.
We will be talking more about this in the next couple of days, but I
encourage all Members to support us on this very, very important lands
package.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, first of all, I want to echo what my
colleague said. Senator Cantwell has worked hard the last 2 years or 3
years on this process.
The lands bill was recently--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired.
Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1
minute.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. MANCHIN. I am just saying that this is a piece of legislation
that has been worked on for quite some time. It is a piece of
legislation that basically does an awful lot for an awful lot of people
all over this country.
Every one of us has something in this that is good. Land and water
conservation is basically reauthorized permanently. It is something
that we worked hard on.
I appreciate all of the hard work, and thank you so much, Madam
President.
Cloture Motion
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The assistant bill 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 Calendar No. 7, S. 47, a bill to provide for the
management of the natural resources of the United States, and
for other purposes.
Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Shelley Moore Capito, Mitt
Romney, Richard Burr, John Cornyn, Rick Scott, Mike
Crapo, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Michael B. Enzi, Kevin Cramer,
Mike Braun, John Boozman, Steve Daines, James M.
Inhofe, Thom Tillis, Joni Ernst.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the
motion to proceed to S. 47, an act to provide for the management of the
natural resources of the United States, and for other purposes, shall
be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 99, nays 1, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 17 Leg.]
YEAS--99
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blackburn
Blumenthal
Blunt
Booker
Boozman
Braun
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Harris
Hassan
Hawley
Heinrich
Hirono
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
Markey
McConnell
McSally
Menendez
Merkley
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Rubio
Sanders
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--1
Paul
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). On this vote, the yeas are 99,
the nays are 1.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
The clerk will report the motion to proceed.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
Motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 47, a bill to
provide for the management of the natural resources of the
United States, and for other purposes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
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