[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 101 (Monday, June 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2634]
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                COVID-19 PANDEMIC MOMENT OF SILENCE ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3846, which was introduced 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3846) to observe the lives lost in the United 
     States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read three times and passed and that the motion 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 bill (S. 3846) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3846

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Pandemic Moment of 
     Silence Act''.

     SEC. 2. MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE COVID-19 
                   PANDEMIC.

       The President shall issue a proclamation calling on the 
     people of the United States to observe a moment of silence at 
     12:00pm (local time) on Monday, June 1, 2020, as a mark of 
     respect to the memory of the more than 100,000 lives lost in 
     the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and their 
     families.

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