[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16871]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




PROHIBITION OF REMOVAL OF ART AND HISTORIC OBJECTS FROM SENATE WING OF 
                  CAPITOL AND SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 181, S. Res. 
178.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 178) to prohibit Members of the 
     Senate and other persons from removing art and historic 
     objects from the Senate Wing of the Capitol and Senate office 
     buildings for personal use.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating thereto be printed in the 
Record without any intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 178) was agreed to.
  The resolution reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 178

       Resolved, That (a) a Member of the Senate or any other 
     person may not remove a work of art, historical object, or an 
     exhibit from the Senate wing of the Capitol or any Senate 
     office building for personal use.
       (b) For purposes of this resolution, the term ``work of 
     art, historical object, or an exhibit'' means an item, 
     including furniture, identified on the list (and any 
     supplement to the list) required by section 4 of Senate 
     Resolution 382, 90th Congress, as enacted into law by section 
     901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2104).
       (c) For purposes of this resolution, the Senate Commission 
     on Art shall update the list required by section 4 of Senate 
     Resolution 382, 90th Congress (2 U.S.C. 2104) every 6 months 
     after the date of adoption of this resolution and shall 
     provide a copy of the updated list to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.

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