[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S14081]
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              AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to S. 1888, which was introduced earlier today by Senator 
Stevens.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will state the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1888) to amend title 18 of the United States 
     Code to correct a technical error in the codification of 
     title 36 of the United States Code.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, on August 12th, 1998, the President 
signed into law H.R. 1085, legislation ``to revise, codify, and enact 
without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related 
to patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, 
as title 36, United States Code, `Patriotic and National Observances, 
Ceremonies, and Organizations.' '' This was legislation prepared by the 
Office of Law Revision Counsel in the House of Representatives.
  One of the organizations affected was the United States Olympic 
Committee, whose numerical codification citation was changed in that 
re-codification legislation. The re-codification process also 
necessitated certain conforming changes to other parts of the U.S. Code 
to modify cross-reference citations. One of these, occurring at 18 USCS 
Sec. 2320 (e)(1)(B), was intended to cite a portion of the Ted Stevens 
Olympic and Amateur Sports Act dealing with protection of its 
trademarks.
  The proper citation should have been ``220506.'' However, because of 
a typographical error that section of 18 USCS reads ``220706,'' citing 
law that has to do with Submarine Veterans of World War II rather than 
Olympic symbols and terminology.
  This error went unnoticed until recently when U.S. Customs officials 
brought it to the attention of Salt Lake Olympic Committee and USOC 
attorneys in a discussion of enforcing trademark protections associated 
with the upcoming Olympic Winter Games. In this meeting the Customs 
officials expressed concern that this error could prevent them from 
enforcing the law.
  The Olympic Rings and other symbols were giving exclusively to the 
USOC under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. They are the 
prime fund raising source for the USOC.
  This would be a simple correction that would merely change ``220706'' 
to ``220506'' at 18 USCS Sec. 2320 (e)(1)(B).
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1888) was read the third time and passed.
  (The bill is printed in today's Record under ``Statements on 
Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

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