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“TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Senate section on pages S5795 on July 18, 2013.
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TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued
Mr. REID. Madam President, what is the matter before the Senate?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion to proceed to S. 1243.
Cloture Motion
Mr. REID. Madam President, I have a cloture motion 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 motion to proceed to Calendar No. 99, S. 1243, a bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
Mark Begich, Barbara A. Mikulski, Patty Murray, Mark R.
Warner, Tom Udall, Martin Heinrich, Angus S. King Jr.,
Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Dianne Feinstein,
Patrick J. Leahy, Tom Harkin, Jack Reed, Richard J.
Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Mary L. Landrieu, Jeff
Merkley, Harry Reid.
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum required under rule XXII be waived; that the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed occur at 12 noon on Tuesday, July 23; that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate proceed to vote on the motion to proceed; that if the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 99, S. 1243, is adopted, the text of H.R. 2610, as reported by the House Appropriations Committee, be deemed House-passed text for the purposes of rule XVI.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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