[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13941-S13942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    STAR-SPANGLED BANNER AND WAR OF 1812 BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION ACT

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 959 and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 959) to establish the Star-Spangled Banner and 
     War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the Sarbanes amendment at the 
desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and 
passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

[[Page S13942]]

  The amendment (No. 2685) was agreed to, as follows:

 (Purpose: To include all of the 28 States originally on the National 
                 Park Service's list in the commission)

       On page 4, strike lines 6 through 8, and insert the 
     following:
       (A) means the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, 
     Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, 
     Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, 
     Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 
     North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South 
     Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin; and
       On page 4, line 18, strike ``23'' and insert ``42''.
       On page 4, line 19, strike ``9'' and insert ``28''.

  The bill (S. 959), as amended, was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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