[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16240-16241]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PROTOCOL AMENDING THE 1949 CONVENTION INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA 
                 COMMISSION--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 107-2

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
consider Executive Calendar No. 6, Protocol Amending the 1949 
Convention of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission; that the 
protocol be advanced through its parliamentary stages, up to and 
including the presentation of the resolution of ratification; and that 
the Senate now vote on the resolution of ratification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is on agreeing to the resolution of ratification. 
Senators in favor of the resolution of ratification will rise and stand 
until counted. (After a pause.) Those opposed will rise and stand until 
counted.

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  On a division vote, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted 
in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification is agreed to.
  The resolution of ratification reads as follows:


   Treaty 107-2 Protocol Amending 1949 Convention of Inter-American 
                        tropical Tuna Commission

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein). That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Protocol to Amend the 1949 Convention on 
     the establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
     Commission, done at Guayaquil, June 11, 1999, and signed by 
     the United States, subject to ratification, in Guayaquil, 
     Ecuador, on the same date (Treaty Doc. 107-2).

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that any statements 
relating to this protocol be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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