[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17058]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from consideration of S. Res. 159, and the 
Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 159) designating the week beginning 
     September 16, 2001, as ``National Historically Black Colleges 
     and Universities Week.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to the consideration 
of the resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution and 
preamble be agreed to en bloc and that the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, with no intervening action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 159) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 159

       Whereas there are 105 historically black colleges and 
     universities in the United States;
       Whereas black colleges and universities provide the quality 
     education so essential to full participation in a complex, 
     highly technological society;
       Whereas black colleges and universities have a rich 
     heritage and have played a prominent role in American 
     history;
       Whereas black colleges and universities have allowed many 
     underprivileged students to attain their full potential 
     through higher education; and
       Whereas the achievements and goals of historically black 
     colleges and universities are deserving of national 
     recognition: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK 
                   COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK.

       The Senate--
       (1) designates the week beginning September 16, 2001, as 
     ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
     Week''; and
       (2) requests that the President of the United States issue 
     a proclamation calling on the people of the United States and 
     interested groups to observe the week with appropriate 
     ceremonies, activities, and programs to demonstrate support 
     for historically black colleges and universities in the 
     United States.

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