[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 26615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 1771

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Acting in my individual capacity as a Senator 
from Kansas, I understand that S. 1771, which was introduced by Senator 
Ashcroft and others, is at the desk, and I ask for its first reading.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1771) to provide stability in the United States 
     agriculture sector and to promote adequate availability of 
     food and medicine for humanitarian assistance abroad by 
     requiring congressional approval before the imposition of any 
     unilateral agricultural or medical sanction against a foreign 
     country or foreign entity.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. I now ask for its second reading and object to 
my own request.
  Objection is heard.

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