[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S15971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    BLOCK BURMESE JADE (JUNTA'S ANTI-DEMOCRATIC EFFORTS) ACT OF 2007

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 3890, 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 (H.R. 3890) to amend the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003 to impose import sanctions on Burmese 
     gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the 
     visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and 
     other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Biden-
McConnell amendment at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be 
read a third time and passed, the amendment to the title be agreed to, 
the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and any statements be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3888) was agreed to.
  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text 
of Amendments.'')
  The title amendment (No. 3889) was agreed to, as follows:

       The title is amended to read as follows:
       ``An Act to impose sanctions on officials of the State 
     Peace and Development Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese 
     Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation 
     of gemstones and hardwoods from Burma, to promote a 
     coordinated international effort to restore civilian 
     democratic rule to Burma, and for other purposes.''.

  The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 3890), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
my time on the floor, the Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Casey, be the 
next Democratic speaker in line.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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