[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9091]
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       NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK

  Mr. GORTON. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of Senate Resolution 111, and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 111) designating the week beginning 
     September 14, 1997, as ``National Historically Black Colleges 
     and Universities Week,'' and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.


                           Amendment No. 1128

  (Purpose: To change the week that is to be designated as ``National 
   Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week'' and for other 
                               purposes)

  Mr. GORTON. Senator Thurmond has an amendment at the desk. I ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton], for Mr. Thurmond, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 1128.

       On page 1, in the first clause, strike ``116'' and insert 
     ``104''.
       On page 2, line 3, strike ``14'' and insert ``21''.

  Mr. GORTON. I ask unanimous consent the amendment be agreed to, the 
resolution as amended be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, as 
amended, the amendment to the title be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the 
resolution appear at this point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1128) was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 111), as amended, was agreed to, as follows:
  [The resolution was not available for printing. It will appear in a 
future issue of the Record.]
  The title was amended to read:

       A resolution designating the week beginning September 21, 
     1997, as ``National Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities Week'', and for other purposes.

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