[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S3736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CALLING ON BRAZIL TO COMPLY WITH THE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF 
                     INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
37, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 37) calling on officials of the 
     Government of Brazil and the federal courts of Brazil to 
     comply with the requirements of the Convention on the Civil 
     Aspects of International Child Abduction and to assist in the 
     safe return of Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mrs. MURRAY. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment to the 
resolution at the desk be agreed to; that the resolution, as amended, 
be agreed to; that an amendment to the preamble, which is at the desk, 
be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; further, that an 
amendment to the title be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 697) was agreed to, as follows:

                (Purpose: To amend the resolving clause)

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:
       That the Senate calls on Brazil--
       (1) to fulfill its obligations under the Convention on the 
     Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at the 
     Hague October 25, 1980 (TIAS 11670); and
       (2) to assist in the safe return of Sean Goldman to his 
     father, David Goldman, in the United States.

  The amendment (No. 698) was agreed to, as follows:

                    (Purpose: To amend the preamble)

       Strike the 12th whereas clause of the preamble.
       Strike the 13th whereas clause of the preamble.
       Strike the 15th whereas clause of the preamble.
       Strike the 16th whereas clause of the preamble and insert 
     the following:
       Whereas the Goldman case has been pending in the courts of 
     Brazil since 2004;

  The resolution (S. Res. 37), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution, as amended, with its preamble, as amended, reads as 
follows:
  (The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)
  The amendment (No. 699) was agreed to, as follows:

                     (Purpose: To amend the title)

       Amend the title so as to read: ``Calling on Brazil to 
     comply with the requirements of the Convention on the Civil 
     Aspects of International Child Abduction and to assist in the 
     safe return of Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman.''.

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