[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20704]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Service be discharged from further consideration of H. J. Res. 
44, and that the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) to recognize the service, 
     sacrifice, honor and professionalism of the Noncommissioned 
     Officers of the United States Army.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read the third time and passed; that the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table; that the preamble be agreed to; 
further, that any statements relating thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) was ordered to a third reading, 
was read the third time and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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