[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5760-S5761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF THE OLYMPICS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. In my capacity as a Senator from Kansas, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged 
from further consideration of Senate Resolution 254, and, without 
objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 254) supporting the goals and ideals 
     of the Olympics.

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


                           Amendment No. 3618

                (Purpose: To make a clerical amendment)

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. In my capacity as a Senator from Kansas, I 
send an amendment to the desk.
  The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Roberts], for Mr. Campbell, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 3618.

       In the preamble, in the tenth whereas clause, insert ``, 
     2000'' after ``June 23''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. In my capacity as a Senator from Kansas, I ask 
unanimous consent that the amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, as amended, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements 
relating to the resolution be printed in the Record, and, without 
objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment to the preamble, amendment (No. 3618) was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 254) was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 254

       Whereas for over 100 years, the Olympic movement has built 
     a more peaceful and better world by educating young people 
     through amateur athletics, by bringing together athletes from 
     many countries in friendly competition, and by forging new 
     relationships bound by friendship, solidarity, and fair play;
       Whereas the United States Olympic Committee is dedicated to 
     coordinating and developing amateur athletic activity in the 
     United States to foster productive working relationships 
     among sports-related organizations;
       Whereas the United States Olympic Committee promotes and 
     supports amateur athletic activities involving the United 
     States and foreign nations;

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       Whereas the United States Olympic Committee promotes and 
     encourages physical fitness and public participation in 
     amateur athletic activities;
       Whereas the United States Olympic Committee assists 
     organizations and persons concerned with sports in the 
     development of athletic programs for amateur athletes;
       Whereas the United States Olympic Committee protects the 
     opportunity of each amateur athlete, coach, trainer, manager, 
     administerator, and official to participate in amateur 
     athletic competition;
       Whereas athletes representing the United States at the 
     Olympic Games have achieved great success personally and for 
     the Nation;
       Whereas thousands of men and women of the United States are 
     focusing their energy and skill on becoming part of the 
     United States Olympic Team, and aspire to compete in the 2000 
     Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and the 2002 
     Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah;
       Whereas the Nation takes great pride in the qualities of 
     commitment to excellence, grace under pressure, and good will 
     toward other competitors exhibited by the athletes of the 
     United States Olympic Team; and
       Whereas June 23, 2000 is the anniversary of the founding of 
     the modern Olympic movement, representing the date on which 
     the Congress of Paris approved the proposal of Pierre de 
     Coubertin to found the modern Olympics: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports the goals and ideals of the Olympics;
       (2) calls upon the President to issue a proclamation 
     recognizing the anniversary of the founding of the modern 
     Olympic movement; and
       (3) calls upon the people of the United States to observe 
     such anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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