[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY

  Mr. SASSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 500, submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 500) designating June 19, 2016, as 
     ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in recognition of June 19, 
     1865, the date on which slavery legally came to an end in the 
     United States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SASSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action 
or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 500) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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