[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12401]
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                EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of House Joint Resolution 193, which was 
received from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 193) granting the consent of 
     Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

  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.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be deemed read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the resolution 
appear at the appropriate place in the Record.
  I might say, this compact is among the States of Delaware, Florida, 
Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South 
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 193) was deemed read the third time 
and passed.

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