[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S14945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
108, and that the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 108) designating the month of March 
     each year as ``National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month''.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.


                           Amendment No. 2796

(Purpose: To amend the designation date of ``National Colorectal Cancer 
                          Awareness Month.'')

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, there is a technical amendment at the 
desk, and I ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the technical amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Maine [Ms. Collins] for Mr. Hatch, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 2796.

  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 2, line 5, strike ``March of each year'' and insert 
     ``March, 2000,''.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``Resolution designating the 
     month of March, 2000, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness 
     Month''.

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2796) was agreed to.
  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the 
title amendment be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and finally, that any statements related to the resolution be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 108), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:
  [The resolution was not available for printing. It will appear in a 
future edition of the Record]
  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Several Senators addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from 
Pennsylvania.
  Mr. LEAHY. I wonder if the Senator from Maine would yield for one 
comment?
  Mr. SPECTER addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from 
Pennsylvania.
  Mr. LEAHY. Would the Senator from Pennsylvania yield for 30 seconds?
  Mr. SPECTER. I would.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Maine. She has 
cleared out the Judiciary Committee docket to a fare-thee-well. A lot 
of the legislation was worked in a bipartisan fashion by Senator Hatch 
and myself and the distinguished Senator from Pennsylvania and others.
  Ms. COLLINS. I thank the Senator for his comments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Allard). The Senator from Pennsylvania.

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