[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25793]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY MONTH

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 9 and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 9) expressing the sense of the Senate 
     regarding designation of the month of November as ``National 
     Military Family Month''.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
which is at the desk be agreed to, the resolution, as amended, be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any 
statements relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2520) was agreed to, as follows:


                           amendment no. 2520

       On page 2, line 2, strike ``; and'' and all that follows to 
     the end.

  The resolution (S. Res. 9), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, as amended, with its preamble reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 9

       Whereas military families, through their sacrifices and 
     their dedication to our Nation and its values, represent the 
     bedrock upon which our Nation was founded and upon which our 
     Nation continues to rely in these perilous and challenging 
     times: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate--
       (1) that the month of November should be designated as 
     ``National Military Family Month''; and
       (2) to request that the President--
       (A) designate the month of November as ``National Military 
     Family Month''; and
       (B) issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the 
     United States to observe the month with appropriate 
     ceremonies and activities.

     

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