[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S14054]
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          CONGRATULATING THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKH- 
                STAN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 194, and 
that the Senate now proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 194) congratulating the people and 
     government of Kazakhstan on the tenth anniversary of the 
     independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment to the 
resolution and the preamble be agreed to, the resolution, as amended, 
be agreed to, the preamble, as amended, be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2693) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 3, delete lines 7-9, and insert the following: 
     ``United States on matters of national security, including 
     the war against terrorism.''

  The resolution (S. Res. 194), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  [The resolution will appear in a future edition of the Record.]

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