[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 121 (Monday, September 26, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10414-S10415]
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PROTOCOL OF AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SIMPLIFICATION 
     AND HARMONIZATION OF CUSTOMS PROCEDURES--TREATY DOCUMENT 108-6

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report the treaty.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Resolution of advice and consent to ratification to 
     accompany Treaty Document 108-6, Protocol of Amendment to the 
     International Convention on Simplification and Harmonization 
     of Customs Procedures.

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the 
ratification of the treaty?
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Martinez), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Vitter), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), and the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thune). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 87, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 244 Ex.]

                                YEAS--87

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Craig
     Crapo
     Dayton
     DeMint
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Frist
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Obama
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Salazar
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Thune
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Biden
     Brownback
     Burr
     Cornyn
     Corzine
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hutchison
     Landrieu
     Martinez
     Nelson (FL)
     Stabenow
     Vitter
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thune). On this vote, the yeas are 87,

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the nays are 0. Two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolution of ratification is agreed to.
  The Resolution of Advice and Consent to Accession is as follows:

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), The Senate advises and consents to the accession to 
     the Protocol of Amendment to the International Convention on 
     the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures 
     (the ``Protocol'') done at Brussels on June 26, 1999 (Treaty 
     Doc. 108-6), including Specific Annexes A, B, C, D, E, and G; 
     Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Specific Annex F; and Chapters 3, 4 
     and 5 of Specific Annex J; subject to the reservations to 
     certain Recommended Practices (as set forth in the enclosure 
     to the report of the Secretary of State in Treaty Doc. 108-6) 
     in Specific Annex A, Chapters 1 and 2; Specific Annex B, 
     Chapters 2 and 3; Specific Annex D, Chapters 1 and 2; 
     Specific Annex E, Chapters 1 and 2; Specific Annex B, 
     Chapters 2 and 3; Specific Annex D, Chapters 1 and 2; 
     Specific Annex E. Chapters 1 and 2; Specific Annex F, 
     Chapters 1, 2 and 3; Specific Annex G, Chapter 1; and 
     Specific Annex J, Chapter 4.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is laid on the table, and the President will be notified of 
the Senate's action.
  The majority leader.

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