[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 61 (Friday, April 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S4723]
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                CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY PROJECT ACT OF 2009

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to H.R. 586.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by 
title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 586) to direct the Librarian of Congress and 
     the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a 
     joint project at the Library of Congress and the National 
     Museum of African American History and Culture to collect 
     video and audio recordings of personal histories and 
     testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil 
     Rights movement, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements 
relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 586) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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