[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 110 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2979-S2980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY IN RECOGNITION OF JUNE 19, 1865, THE DATE 
     ON WHICH NEWS OF THE END OF SLAVERY REACHED THE SLAVES IN THE 
                          SOUTHWESTERN STATES

  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 620, submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 620) designating June 19, 2020, as 
     ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in recognition of June 19, 
     1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached 
     the slaves in the Southwestern States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, 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. 620) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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