[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AWARD OF CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 3287 which was received 
from the House and is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3287) to award congressional gold medals 
     posthumously on behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry 
     and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson in recognition of their 
     contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the effort to 
     desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark 
     desegregation case of Brown, et al., v. the Board of 
     Education of Topeka, et al.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read three times and passed, 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 bill (H.R. 3287) was read the third time and passed.

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