[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 65 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3351-S3352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
AWARDING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 360.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by
title.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
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A bill (H.R. 360) to award posthumously a Congressional
Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole
Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they
lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street
Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate
sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the
table, and that any statements relating to this matter be printed in
the Record.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.
The bill (H.R. 360) was ordered to a third reading, was read the
third time, and passed.
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