The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the report will be printed as a document as requested by the Senator from Virginia.
[Note the insertion of S. Doc. No.—in cases where papers are ordered to be printed as a document. To be inserted only when ordered to be printed or its equivalent is in manuscript.]
Third reading and passage of a bill.
MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE NEAR ST. CHARLES, MO
The bill (S. 4174) to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near St. Charles, MO, was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:
S. 4174
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge across the Missouri River, etc.
GOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII
The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1881) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii," approved April 30, 1900, as amended, to establish a Hawaiian Homes Commission, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendments.
The first amendment was, on page 4 line 22, to strike out "Keaaupaha" and insert "Keaaukaha".
The amendment was agreed to.
The next amendment was, on page 6, line 19, after the figure "(1)", to insert "by further authorization of Congress and", so as to make the paragraph read:
(1) by further authorization of Congress and for a period of five years after the first meeting of the Hawaiian Homes Commission only those lands situated on the island of Molokaki, etc.
The Amendment was agreed to.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.
Forms of amendments
The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 4) requesting the President to negotiate a treaty or treaties for the protection of salmon in retrain parts of the Pacific Ocean was announced as next in order.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I have just had an opportunity to examine this joint resolution. I offer this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will state the amendment offered by the Senator from Arizona.
The Reading Clerk. On page 1, line 11, it is proposed to strike out the words "both within and", so as to make the joint resolution read:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to negotiate on behalf of the United States, as promptly as is practicable, etc.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I observe in the report of the bill by the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee that it is reported as a Senate joint resolution. I ask for a modification of it so that it will be a Senate resolution instead of a Senate joint resolution.
The Legislative Clerk. It is proposed to strike out "S.J. Res. 4" and insert "S. Res. 85".
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the modification? The Chair hears one and it will be so modified.
Mr. INOUYE. Would it not be necessary to change the resolving clause also? The resolving clause reads:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
The amendment was agreed to.
