[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8527-S8528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF INDIAN AND 
                           AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 102, and 
the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 102) designating August 15, 1997, as 
     ``Indian Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of 
     Indian and American Democracy.''

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 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 resolution appear at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 102) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                              S. Res. 102

       Whereas India is the world's largest democracy and shares 
     with the United States the system in which the supreme power 
     to govern is invested in the people;
       Whereas the people of India drew upon the values of the 
     rule of law creating a representative democracy;
       Whereas India and the United States share a common bond of 
     being former British colonies;
       Whereas India's independence was achieved pledged to the 
     principles of fairness, dignity, peace, and democracy;
       Whereas these and other ideals have forged a close bond 
     between our two nations and their peoples;
       Whereas August 15, 1997 marks the 50th anniversary of the 
     end of the struggle which freed the Indian people from 
     British colonial rule; and
       Whereas it is proper and desirable to celebrate with the 
     Indian people, and to reaffirm

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     the democratic principles on which our two great nations were 
     born: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That August 15, 1997 is designated as ``Indian 
     Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Indian and 
     American Democracy''. The President is requested to issue a 
     proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to 
     observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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