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Official title: LEGISLATIVE SESSION
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September 17, 2026
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. THUNE. Madam President, I move to proceed to legislative session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
Amendment No. 6776
(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.)
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I call up Cruz-Cantwell substitute amendment No. 6776.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune], for Mr. Cruz,
proposes an amendment numbered 6776.
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask the reading be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The amendment is printed in today's Record under “Text of Amendments.”)
Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays are ordered.
Amendment No. 6777 to Amendment No. 6776
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I have an amendment at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an
amendment numbered 6777 to amendment No. 6776.
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
At the end add the following.
“This Act shall take effect 1 day after the date of
enactment.”
Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays are ordered.
Amendment No. 6778 to Amendment No. 6777
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an
amendment numbered 6778 to amendment No. 6777.
Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
Strike “1 day” and insert “2 days”.
Amendment No. 6779
Mr. THUNE. I have an amendment to the text of the underlying bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an
amendment numbered 6779 to the language proposed to be
stricken by amendment No. 6776.
Mr. THUNE. I ask the reading be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
At the end add the following.
“This Act shall take effect 3 days after the date of
enactment.”
Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays are ordered.
Amendment No. 6780 to Amendment No. 6779
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an
amendment numbered 6780 to amendment No. 6779.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
Strike “3 days” and insert “4 days”.
Motion to Recommit with Amendment No. 6781
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I move to recommit the bill to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with instructions.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] moves to recommit
the bill to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation with instructions to report back forthwith
with an amendment numbered 6781.
Mr. THUNE. I ask the reading be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
At the end add the following.
“This Act shall take effect 5 days after the date of
enactment.”
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to recommit with instructions.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays are ordered.
Amendment No. 6782
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I have an amendment to the instructions.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes
amendment No. 6782 to the instructions of the motion to
recommit.
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask consent the reading be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
Strike “5 days” and insert “6 days”.
Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays are ordered.
Amendment No. 6783 to Amendment No. 6782
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an
amendment numbered 6783 to amendment No. 6782.
Mr. THUNE. I ask consent the reading be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To improve the bill)
Strike “6 days” and insert “7 days”.
Cloture Motion
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for the Cruz-Cantwell substitute amendment No. 6776.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
The senior assistant 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,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on Cruz amendment
No. 6776 to Calendar No. 449, S. 4668, a bill to protect the
name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections
for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among
intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
John Thune, Ted Cruz, Eric Schmitt, Chuck Grassley, Tim
Sheehy, John Barrasso, Steve Daines, Pete Ricketts,
John Cornyn, John R. Curtis, Alan Armstrong, Ted Budd,
James Lankford, Bernie Moreno, Cindy Hyde-Smith, James
E. Risch, Mike Crapo.
Cloture Motion
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I send a cloture motion to the desk on the underlying bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
The senior assistant 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,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on Calendar No.
449, S. 4668, a bill to protect the name, image, and likeness
rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and
to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics,
and for other purposes.
John Thune, Ted Cruz, Eric Schmitt, Chuck Grassley, Tim
Sheehy, John Barrasso, Steve Daines, Pete Ricketts,
John Cornyn, John R. Curtis, Alan Armstrong, Ted Budd,
James Lankford, Bernie Moreno, Cindy Hyde-Smith, James
E. Risch, Mike Crapo.