[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
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     EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR 
                            REMEMBRANCE DAY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res 44, 
and the


Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 44) expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor 
     Remembrance Day.

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


                           Amendment No. 2159

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is my understanding Senators Fitzgerald 
and Durbin have an amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Fitzgerald, for 
     himself, and Mr. Durbin, proposes an amendment numbered 2159.

  The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To express the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl 
                        Harbor Remembrance Day)

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:
       ``That the Congress, on the occasion of the 60th 
     anniversary of December 7, 1941, pays tribute to--
       ``(1) the United States citizens who died as a result of 
     the attack by Japanese imperial forces on Pearl Harbor, 
     Hawaii; and
       ``(2) the service of the American sailors and soldiers who 
     survived the attack.''.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2159) was agreed to.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements 
relating to the concurrent resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 44), as amended, was agreed 
to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 44

       Whereas on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy and 
     Air Force attacked units of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii;
       Whereas 2,403 members of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor;
       Whereas there are more than 12,000 members of the Pearl 
     Harbor Survivors Association;
       Whereas the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor 
     will be December 7, 2001;
       Whereas on August 23, 1994, Public Law 103-308 was enacted, 
     designating December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor 
     Remembrance Day; and
       Whereas Public Law 103-308, reenacted as section 129 of 
     title 36, United States Code, requests the President to issue 
     each year a proclamation calling on the people of the United 
     States to observe National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day with 
     appropriate ceremonies and activities, and all departments, 
     agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, 
     and interested organizations, groups, and individuals, to fly 
     the flag of the United States at half-staff each December 7 
     in honor of the individuals who died as a result of their 
     service at Pearl Harbor: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Congress, on the occasion of the 60th 
     anniversary of December 7, 1941, pays tribute to--
       (1) the United States citizens who died as a result of the 
     attack by Japanese Imperial Forces on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; 
     and
       (2) the service of the American sailors and soldiers who 
     survived the attack.

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