[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 155 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING THE FESTIVAL OF DIWALI

  Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 277, 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 legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 277) recognizing the religious and 
     historical significance of the festival of Diwali.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. BENNET. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 277) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
October 30, 2013, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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