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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION S — J U N E 23, 1982

96 STAT. 2661

(b)(1) The joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on this resolution shall include an estimated allocation, based upon the first section of this resolution as recommended in such conference report, of the appropriate levels of total new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments authority among each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate which has jurisdiction over bills and resolutions providing such new authority, (2) As soon as practicable after this resolution is agreed to every committee of each House shall, after consulting with the committee or committees of the other House to which all or part of the allocation has been made, subdivide among its subcommittees the allocation of new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments allocated to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on this resolution. (c) This section shall not be applicable to agricultural price support and related programs of the type in operation on January 1, 1982, that are funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation. SEC. 10. It is the sense of Congress that reductions in Federal employment should be accomplished through attrition. Agreed to June 23, 1982. J

THAILAND'S RATTANAKOSIN B I C E N T E N N I A L EXPRESSION OF CONGRATULATIONS

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J""e 23.1982 [S. Con. Res. 98]

Whereas 1982 marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Thailand's illustrious Chakri Dynasty and the designation of Bangkok as the capital city of Thailand; Whereas this year has been designated in Thailand as the official year of celebration of the two hundred year historical era of the Chakri Dynasty, the "Rattanakosin" Bicentennial; Whereas the United States has a long history of friendly relations and close cooperation with Thailand, predating even the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in the year 1833, the first United States treaty signed with em Asian nation; and Whereas the United States and Thailand share common goals of preserving national independence and individual freedom and of improving the lives of our respective peoples: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress hereby extends to the Thai nation and all of its people warmest congratulations and best wishes during this festive year of celebration of the Rattanakosin Bicentennial. Agreed to June 23, 1982.