[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9805-S9806]
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                         AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN DAY

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 168, S. Res. 
122.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 122) declaring September 26, 1997 as 
     ``Austrian-American Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that 
any statements relating to the resolution appear at this point in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 122) was considered and agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                              S. Res. 122

       Whereas 1997 marks the 50th anniversary of General George 
     C. Marshall's plan for assisting the free countries of Europe 
     in their post-World War II rebuilding process;

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       Whereas on September 26, 1945, upon the insistence of the 
     United States, a conference was held in Vienna by the Allies 
     and the 9 Austrian Federal State Governors, that laid the 
     foundation for the fist post-war Austrian Government 
     recognized by the United States and the other Allied Forces;
       Whereas this treaty saved Austria from being divided into 
     an East and West, as in Germany;
       Whereas Austrians are thankful for the generosity 
     demonstrated by the citizens and the Government of the United 
     States after World War II;
       Whereas Austrian-Americans have made important 
     contributions to the American way of life as well as in 
     industry, education, culture, and the arts and sciences; and
       Whereas Austrian born Americans, or Americans of Austrian 
     descent, have brought prestige and recognition to the United 
     States as Nobel laureates in medicine, economics, and the 
     sciences: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) declares September 26, 1997, as ``Austrian-American 
     Day''; and
       (2) authorizes and requests the President to commend this 
     observance to the citizens of the United States in honor of 
     this momentous occasion.

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