[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14798]
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             CELEBRATION OF JERUSALEM'S 3000TH ANNIVERSARY

  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to the immediate consideration of Senate Concurrent Resolution 29, 
submitted earlier by Senator Dole.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 29) providing for 
     marking the celebration of Jerusalem on the occasion of its 
     3000th anniversary.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the concurrent resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, and that any statements relating to the concurrent 
resolution appear at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 29) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 29

       Whereas the Senate wishes to mark the 300th anniversary of 
     King David's establishment of Jerusalem as the capital of 
     Israel; and
       Whereas Jerusalem, the City of David, has been the focal 
     point of Jewish life; and
       Whereas Jerusalem, the City of Peace, has held a unique 
     place and exerted a unique influence on the moral development 
     of Western Civilization; and
       Whereas no other city on Earth is today the capital of the 
     same country, inhabited by the same people, speaking the same 
     language, and worshipping the same God as it was 3,000 years 
     ago: Now therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Architect is directed to make the 
     necessary arrangements for a date in October to be mutually 
     agreed upon by the Speaker of the House and the majority 
     leader of the Senate, after consultation with the minority 
     leaders of the two Houses, for the use of the rotunda for a 
     celebration of the founding of the city of Jerusalem.

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