Mr. President, under the previous agreement, I call up a motion to instruct conferees that I have at the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume the motions with respect to H.R. 4173, which the clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion to instruct. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to Instruct Conferees The Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on H.R. 4173 (the Restoring American Financial Stability Act) be instructed to insist that the final conference report include the House position relating to the exclusion for motor vehicle dealers from the rulemaking, supervisory, enforcement, or other authority granted to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, as such exclusion is contained in section 4205 of H.R. 4173, as passed by the House, and that the final conference report preserves the additional provisions, definitions, and protections provided to such motor vehicle dealers and servicemembers and their families in Senate amendment 3789, as further modified, to S.…
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