[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 22670-22671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       DIRECTING THE RETURN OF CERTAIN TREATIES TO THE PRESIDENT

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 1.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 267) directing the return of certain 
     treaties to the President.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.


                           Amendment No. 4313

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Senator Helms has an amendment at the desk, and I ask 
for its consideration.

[[Page 22671]]

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

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Murkowski] for Mr. Helms, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 4313.

  The amendment is as follows:

 (Purpose: To remove from the list of treaties required to be returned 
 to the President a mutual legal assistance treaty between the United 
                          States and Nigeria)

       On page 5, strike lines 7 through 11.
       On page 5, lines 12, strike ``(18)'' and insert ``(17)''.

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed 
to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4313) was agreed to.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. I ask unanimous consent the resolution, as amended, be 
agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and the 
Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 267), as amended, was agreed to, as follows:
  [The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.]

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