[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 150 (Tuesday, October 20, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   AFRICA: SEEDS OF HOPE ACT OF 1998

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4283, which is at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4283) to support sustainable and broad-based 
     agricultural and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, and 
     for other purposes.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 3833

                   (Purpose: To provide a substitute)

  Mr. BURNS. Senator DeWine has an amendment at the desk, and I ask for 
its consideration.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), for Mr. DeWine, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 3833.

  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under 
``Amendments Submitted.'')
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
be agreed to, the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to 
the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3833) was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 4283), as amended, was considered read the third time 
and passed.

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