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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 11, 2003

SEC. 613. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING CHILDREN’S GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

It is the sense of the Senate that, for fiscal year 2004, children’s graduate medical education should be funded at $305,000,000. SEC. 614. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

It is the sense of the Senate that the funding levels in this resolution assume that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to improve the justice system will be fully funded at the levels authorized for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2007. SEC. 615. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FUNDING FOR DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that up to $20,000,000 from funds designated, but not obligated, for travel and administrative expenses, from drug interdiction activities should be used for service-oriented targeted grants for the utilization of substances that block the craving for heroin and that are newly approved for such use by the Food and Drug Administration. SEC. 616. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM.

It is the sense of the Senate that the President should negotiate a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom. Agreed to April 11, 2003

BLUE STAR FLAG AND GOLD STAR—SUPPORT

Apr. 11, 2003 [H. Con. Res. 109]

Whereas the Blue Star Flag (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Blue Star Banner’’) was patented and designed in 1917, during the height of World War I, by Army Captain Robert L. Queissner of the 5th Ohio Infantry, who had two sons serving on the front lines; Whereas the Blue Star Flag quickly became the symbol for a family member serving the Nation in the Armed Forces, and families began proudly displaying these flags in their front windows during World War I; Whereas each Blue Star on the flag represents a family member serving in the Armed Forces and symbolizes hope and pride; Whereas beginning in 1918, the Blue Star would signify the living, and a smaller Gold Star would be placed on top of the Blue Star, forming a blue border, if the family member was killed or died while on active duty, to symbolize the family member’s sacrifice for the cause of freedom; Whereas Blue Star Flags were displayed widely during World War II; Whereas many of the flags displayed during those wars were handmade by the mothers of those serving in the Armed Forces; Whereas the legacy of the Blue Star Flag continued during the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and other periods of conflict, as well as in times of peace;

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