[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF JAMES CLEVELAND
``JESSE'' OWENS
Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 226, and
the Senate proceed to its 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. 226) celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the birth of James Cleveland ``Jesse'' Owens.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
resolution.
Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution
be agreed to, the Brown amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the
preamble, as amended, 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. 226) was agreed to.
The amendment (No. 4126) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To amend the preamble)
In the 12th whereas clause of the preamble, strike
``President Franklin D. Roosevelt'' and all that follows
through ``President Dwight D. Eisenhower'' and insert ``the
32nd President of the United States or the 33rd President of
the United States, but was later recognized in 1955 by the
34th President of the United States''.
In the 15th whereas clause of the preamble, strike
``President Gerald R. Ford'' and all that follows through
``President George H.W. Bush'' and insert ``the 38th
President of the United States in 1976 and the Living Legend
Award by the 39th President of the United States in 1979, and
was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the
41st President of the United States''.
The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
The resolution and preamble, as amended, is as follows:
(The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)
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