[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 65 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S4995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                2009 NATIONAL CRIME VICTIM'S RIGHTS WEEK

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

       A resolution (S. Res. 93) supporting the mission and goals 
     of 2009 National Crime Victim's Rights Week, to increase 
     public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of 
     victims and survivors of crime in the United States, and to 
     commemorate the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the 
     Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Schumer 
amendment to the resolution be agreed to, the resolution, as amended, 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any 
statements relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1029) was agreed to, as follows:

                (Purpose: To amend the resolving clause)

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:
       That the Senate--
       (1) supports the mission and goals of 2009 National Crime 
     Victims' Rights Week to increase public awareness of the 
     impact of crime on victims and survivors, and of the 
     constitutional and statutory rights and needs of victims; and
       (2) recognizes the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the 
     Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.).

  The resolution (S. Res. 93), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:
  (The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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