[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12711]
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 REQUIRING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM IN LOCAL PRISONS

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
1493, and further that the Senate proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1493) to require the Attorney General to 
     establish a program in local prisons to identify, prior to 
     arraignment, criminal aliens and aliens who are unlawfully 
     present in the United States, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill 
appear at this point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 1493) was read a third time, and passed.

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