[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1975]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 AUTHORIZING FLAGS LOCATED IN THE CAPITOL COMPLEX TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-
                   STAFF IN MEMORY OF R. SCOTT BATES

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to a Senate concurrent resolution which is at the desk, and I 
ask that the resolution be read in its entirety.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the resolution.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 6) authorizing flags 
     located in the Capitol complex to be flown at half-staff in 
     memory of R. Scott Bates, Legislative Clerk of the United 
     States Senate.
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That, as a mark of respect to the memory of R. 
     Scott Bates, Legislative Clerk of the United States Senate, 
     all flags of the United States located on Capitol Buildings 
     or on the Capitol grounds shall be flown at half-staff on the 
     day of his interment.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 6) was agreed to.

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