[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18200-18201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate 
proceed to S. Res. 158.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 158) expressing the sense of the 
     Senate that the President should designate the week beginning 
     September 11, 2005, as ``National Historically Black Colleges 
     and Universities Week''.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 158) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

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                              S. Res. 158

       Whereas there are 105 historically Black colleges and 
     universities in the United States;
       Whereas historically Black colleges and universities 
     provide the quality education essential to full participation 
     in a complex, highly technological society;
       Whereas historically Black colleges and universities have a 
     rich heritage and have played a prominent role in the history 
     of the United States;
       Whereas historically Black colleges and universities have 
     allowed many underprivileged students to attain their full 
     potential through higher education; and
       Whereas the achievements and goals of historically Black 
     colleges and universities are deserving of national 
     recognition: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK 
                   COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the President should designate the week beginning 
     September 11, 2005, as ``National Historically Black Colleges 
     and Universities Week''.
       (b) Proclamation.--The Senate requests the President to 
     issue a proclamation--
       (1) designating the week beginning September 11, 2005, as 
     ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
     Week''; and
       (2) calling on the people of the United States and 
     interested groups to observe the week with appropriate 
     ceremonies, activities, and programs to demonstrate support 
     for historically Black colleges and universities in the 
     United States.

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