[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 30910]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    CONDEMNING VIOLENCE IN CHECHNYA

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
223 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 223) condemning the violence in 
     Chechnya.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, a technical amendment to the preamble be 
agreed to, the preamble, as amended, be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to 
the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 2791

                (Purpose: To make clerical corrections)

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Maine [Ms. Collins], for Mr. Helms, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 2791.

  The amendment is as follows:
       In the second whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``is'' 
     and insert ``are''.

  The amendment (No. 2791) was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 223) was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, is as follows:
  [The resolution was not available for printing. It will appear in a 
future edition of the Record.]

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