Yesterday, the Senate continued their consideration of HR 4521, the America Competes Act. The Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to debate HR 4521 by a vote of 66 to 31. The Senate is considering the substitute language introduced earlier this week. A cloture motion to close debate on that amendment was filed yesterday with a vote scheduled for Friday. If agreed to, the Senate will immediately vote on a cloture motion for the full bill.
There were seven amendments (SA 5003 to SA 5009) to the substitute language filed yesterday. None of them are substantive; they were submitted by Sen Schumer (D,NY) to ‘fill the amendment tree’, limiting the amendments that could be offered on substitute language.
A final vote on the bill is not likely this week. It would
need a unanimous consent agreement to avoid having to wait for the post-cloture
time to runout before voting on the substitute language and the final bill.
There is enough opposition to the bill to ensure that someone would object to
such an agreement.
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