[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S9859]
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           NATIONAL ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION RECOVERY MONTH

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 147 and 
that the Senate proceed to its 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. 147) to designate the month of 
     September of 2001 as ``National Alcohol and Drug Addiction 
     Recovery Month.''

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


                           Amendment No. 1723

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senator Wellstone has an amendment at the 
desk, and I ask that the amendment be considered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Wellstone, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 1723.

  The amendment is as follows:
       In the preamble, strike the second Whereas clause and 
     insert the following:
       Whereas, according to a 1992 NIDA study, the direct and 
     indirect costs in the United States for alcohol and drug 
     addiction was $246 billion, in that year.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the amendment be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, as 
amended, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any 
statement relating thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1723) was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 147) was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.

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