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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 PROTOCOL TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON THE ACCESSION OF THE 
                      REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 5, Treaty Doc. No. 116-1.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The treaty will be stated.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Treaty document No. 116-1, Protocol to the North Atlantic 
     Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of North 
     Macedonia.


                           Amendment No. 946

  Mr. McCONNELL. I have an amendment at the desk and ask the clerk to 
report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 946 to Treaty Doc. No. 116-1.

  The amendment (No. 946) is as follows:

       At the end add the following.
       ``This Treaty shall be effective 1 day after the date of 
     ratification.''

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays have been ordered.


                 Amendment No. 947 to Amendment No. 946

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 947 to amendment No. 946.

  The amendment (No. 947) is as follows:

       Strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on treaties 
     Calendar No. 5, Treaty Document No. 116-1, Protocol to the 
     North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the 
     Republic of North Macedonia.
         Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, John Cornyn, John Thune, 
           John Hoeven, John Boozman, Thom Tillis, Steve Daines, 
           Roger F. Wicker, Pat Roberts, John Barrasso, Richard 
           Burr, Shelley Moore Capito, Roy Blunt, Mike Rounds, 
           Mike Crapo, James E. Risch.

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