[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 18, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S10662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



            PROTOCOL AMENDING INVESTMENT TREATY WITH PANAMA

  The resolution of ratification was read as follows:

       Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein, That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Protocol Between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
     of Panama Amending the Treaty Concerning the Treatment and 
     Protection of Investments of October 27, 1982, signed at 
     Panama City on June 1, 2000, (Treaty Doc. 106-46).

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division has been requested.
  Senators in favor of the ratification of this treaty will please 
raise their hand. (After a pause.) Those opposed will raise their 
hands.
  With two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolution of ratification is agreed to.