[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 5272

  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I understand that H.R. 5272 is at the desk, 
and I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 5272) to provide for a United States response 
     in the event of a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian 
     state.

  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask for its second reading, and object to 
my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will receive its second reading on 
the next legislative day.

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