[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 194 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15935-S15936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1882 TREATY OF PEACE, AMITY, COMMERCE AND 
                               NAVIGATION

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
279 and that the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 279) expressing the sense of the 
     Senate regarding the 125th anniversary of the 1882 Treaty of 
     Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the Kingdom of 
     Chosun (Korea) and the United States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
at the desk be considered and agreed to, the resolution, as amended, be 
agreed to, the amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble,

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as amended, be agreed to, that the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, en bloc, that any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3880) was agreed to as follows:

(Purpose: To strike a reference to the 2007 Free Trade Agreement and to 
add environmental protection to the list of bilateral goals that should 
      be addressed by the United States and the Republic of Korea)

       On page 4, strike lines 4 through 10 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(2) the economic relationship, highlighting the vibrancy 
     and diversity of the common interests of the United States 
     and the Republic of Korea, should be broadened and 
     deepened;''.
       On page 5, lines 4 and 5, strike ``and support for 
     peacekeeping'' and insert ``, support for peacekeeping, and 
     protection of the environment''.
  The resolution (S. Res. 279), as amended, was agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 3883) was agreed to, as follows:
       On page 3, strike ``Whereas the Free Trade Agreement'' and 
     all that follows through ``both countries;''.

  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 279), as amended, with its preamble, as 
amended, reads as follows:
  (The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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