[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 87 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7520]
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                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 2431

  Mr. BOND. Madam President, I understand that H.R. 2431 has arrived 
from the House and is at the desk. I now ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill for the first 
time.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2431) to establish an Office of Religious 
     Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of 
     sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern of religious 
     persecution, and for other purposes.

  Mr. BOND. I now ask for its second reading and object to my own 
request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will remain at the desk and have its 
next reading on the next legislative day.

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