[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12508]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 2801

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I understand that S. 2801 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 (S. 2801) to prohibit funding of the negotiation of 
     the move of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in 
     the United States until the Secretary of State has required 
     the divestiture of property purchased by the Xinhua News 
     Agency in violation of the Foreign Missions Act.

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. I now ask for its second reading and object to my own 
request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will remain at the desk.

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