[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 17, 1994]
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                         SMALL FAMILY FARM WEEK

  Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of Senate 
Joint Resolution 171, Small Family Farm Week, and I ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 171) designating March 20 
     through March 26, 1994, as ``Small Family Farm Week.''

   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the joint resolution?
   There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution is before the Senate and 
open to amendment. If there be no amendment to be proposed, the 
question is on the engrossment and third reading of the joint 
resolution.
   The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 171

       Whereas the small family farmer contributes enormously to 
     the agricultural productivity of the United States;
       Whereas the plight of the small family farmer has been in 
     jeopardy in recent times;
       Whereas many small family farms continue to operate in the 
     face of financial and credit difficulties;
       Whereas the size and crop makeup of family farms varies 
     from region to region in the United States; and
       Whereas the small family farm represents the historical 
     foundation of American agriculture: Now, therefore, be it
  Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the joint resolution was agreed to.
  Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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