[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17760]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
  4205, FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 
                               YEAR 2001

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XXII, I 
announce my intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 
4205.
  The form of the motion is as follows: Mr. Graham moves to instruct 
conferees on the part of the House that the conferees on the part of 
the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill H.R. 
4205 be instructed not to agree to revisions which, (1) fail to 
recognize that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees all 
persons equal protection under the law; and, (2) deny equal protection 
under the law by conditioning prosecution of certain offenses on the 
basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual 
orientation, or disability of the victim; and (3) preclude a person 
convicted of murder from being sentenced to death.

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