[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 158 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12495]
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       WAIVING TIME LIMITATIONS IN REGARD TO MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2813 now at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2813) to waive time limitations specified by 
     law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to 
     Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for acts of valor 
     while a Navy Hospital Corpsman in the Republic of Vietnam 
     during the Vietnam conflict.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times and passed; that the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table; and that any statements relating thereto be placed at the 
appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2813) was read the third time and passed.

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