To provide trade promotion authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and for other trade agreements.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 626 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 633.(consideration: CR S5739-5745, S5752-5759, S5763-5764; text: CR S5740)
September 20, 2011
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 626 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 633.(consideration: CR S5739-5745, S5752-5759, S5763-5764; text: CR S5740)
September 20, 2011
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 626 as modified, under the order of 9/20/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 55. Record Vote Number: 141.(text as modified Senate: CR S5758)
September 20, 2011
Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 626 as modified, under the order of 9/20/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 55. Record Vote Number: 141.(text as modified Senate: CR S5758)
September 20, 2011
Amendment SA 626 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 633. (consideration: CR S5739-5745, S5752-5759, S5763-5764; text: CR S5740) To provide trade promotion authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and for other trade agreements.
September 20, 2011
Amendment SA 626 as modified, under the order of 9/20/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 55. Record Vote Number: 141. (text as modified Senate: CR S5758)
September 20, 2011
Senate amendment submitted
September 19, 2011
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SA 626. Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Coats, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thune, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Portman, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end, add the following: TITLE III--TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011''. SEC. 302. RENEWAL OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY. (a) In General.--Section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: ``(A) may enter into trade agreements with foreign countries-- ``(i) on and after the date of the enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and before June 1, 2013; or ``(ii) on and after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013, if trade authorities procedures are extended under subsection (c); and''; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: ``(C) The President may enter into a trade agreement under this paragraph-- ``(i) on and after the date of the enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and before June 1, 2013; or ``(ii) on and after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013, if trade authorities procedures are extended under subsection (c).''; and (3) in subsection (c)-- (A) in paragraph (1)-- (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``before July 1, 2005'' and inserting ``on and after the date of the enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and before June 1, 2013''; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)-- (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``after June 30, 2005, and before July 1, 2007'' and inserting ``on or after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013''; and (II) in clause (ii), by striking ``July 1, 2005'' and inserting ``June 1, 2013''; (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``April 1, 2005'' and inserting ``March 1, 2013''; (C) in paragraph (3)-- (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``June 1, 2005'' and inserting ``May 1, 2013''; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)-- (I) by striking ``June 1, 2005'' and inserting ``May 1, 2013''; and (II) by striking ``the date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011''; and (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``June 30, 2005'' each place it appears and inserting ``May 31, 2013''. (b) Treatment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Certain Other Agreements.--Section 2106 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3806) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the comma at the end and inserting ``, or''; (B) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting the following: ``(2) establishes a Trans-Pacific Partnership,''; and (C) in the flush text at the end, by striking ``the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011''; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011''. ____________________