[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3609]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE SENATE TO FAMILIES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS 
                         MURDERED IN GUATEMALA

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign 
Relations be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 178 and 
the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 178) expressing the sympathy of the 
     Senate to the families of women and girls murdered in 
     Guatemala, and encouraging the United States to work with 
     Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment at the desk be 
agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the amendment to 
the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, 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 measure be printed 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4149) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 5, strike line 7 through line 11, and insert the 
     following:
       (4) urges the Government of Guatemala to strengthen laws 
     with respect to domestic violence and sexual harassment, to 
     improve the integrity of the prosecutorial and judicial 
     systems, and to provide the resources and commitment 
     necessary to adequately enforce justice for crimes against 
     women;
       On page 5, insert ``continue to'' before ``incorporate'' in 
     line 13.
       On page 5, insert ``continue to'' after ``encourages the 
     Secretary of State to'' in line 18.
       On page 7, beginning in line 7, strike ``all instances of 
     improper investigatory methods'' and insert ``instances of 
     failure to investigate and prosecute crimes''.

  The amendment (No. 4150) was agreed to, as follows:

       Strike the third whereas clause of the preamble and insert 
     the following:
       Whereas, while the overall murder rate in Guatemala has 
     increased substantially, the rate at which women have been 
     murdered in Guatemala has increased at an alarming rate, 
     almost doubling from 2001 to 2006;

  The resolution (S. Res. 178), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution, as amended, with its preamble, as amended, will be 
printed in a future edition of the Record.

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