[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 177 (Thursday, November 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S14568]
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                      NAMING OF EMANCIPATION HALL

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1679 and that 
the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the title of the bill.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1679) to provide that the great hall of the 
     Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table; that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record, without intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1679) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1679

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF GREAT HALL OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR 
                   CENTER AS EMANCIPATION HALL.

       (a) In General.--The great hall of the Capitol Visitor 
     Center shall be known and designated as ``Emancipation 
     Hall'', and any reference to the great hall in any law, rule, 
     or regulation shall be deemed to be a reference to 
     Emancipation Hall.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply on and after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

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