[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S459]
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          RESTRICTING ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to immediate consideration of S. Con. Res. 79, which was 
submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 79) expressing the 
     sense of Congress that no United States assistance should be 
     provided directly to the Palestinian Authority if any 
     representative political party holding a majority of 
     parliamentary seats within the Palestinian Authority 
     maintains the position calling for the destruction of Israel.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 79) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 79

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that no United 
     States assistance should be provided directly to the 
     Palestinian Authority if any representative political party 
     holding a majority of parliamentary seats within the 
     Palestinian Authority maintains a position calling for the 
     destruction of Israel.

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