[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO POPE JOHN PAUL II

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 313, which is at 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 313) to urge the 
     President, on behalf of the United States, to present the 
     Presidential Medal of Freedom to His Holiness, Pope John Paul 
     II, in recognition of his significant, enduring, and historic 
     contributions to the causes of freedom, human dignity, and 
     peace and to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Holiness' 
     inauguration of his ministry as Bishop of Rome and Supreme 
     Pastor of the Catholic Church.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution 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 (H. Con. Res. 313) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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