[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 136 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL ACT OF 2000

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 572, H.R. 2498.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2498) to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     to provide for recommendations of the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services regarding the placement of automatic external 
     defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve 
     survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest 
     in such buildings, and to establish protections from civil 
     liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.

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


                           Amendment No. 4344

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, Senator Frist has an amendment at the 
desk, and I ask for its consideration. It has been cleared on both 
sides.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Jeffords], for Mr. Frist, for 
     himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
     Harkin, Mr. Hutchinson, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
     Wellstone, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. Graham, proposes 
     an amendment numbered 4344.

  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under 
``Amendments Submitted.'')
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4344) was agreed to.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, as amended, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2498), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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