October 1, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S10339 

Just last week, Ben Stocking, the 

Bureau Chief for the Associated Press 

in Hanoi, was beaten by Vietnamese security forces for photographing one 

such vigil. It is time for such behavior 

to stop. 

The Boxer bill seeks to improve 

human rights in Vietnam by shifting 

the focus of U.S. non-humanitarian foreign aid to a comprehensive approach 

that does more to address human 

rights. 

The bill specifically requires that 

any spending increase for U.S. non-humanitarian development, economic, 

trade, and security assistance to Vietnam be matched by additional funding 

for programs focusing on human rights, 

the rule of law, and democracy promotion. 

To date, the majority of non-humanitarian U.S. assistance programs to 

Vietnam have focused on business, 

trade, and security, and have not effectively addressed human rights abuses. 

In addition, the bill outlines objectives for U.S. diplomacy with Vietnam 

on human rights related issues and encourages Vietnam to release its religious and political prisoners. 

The Boxer bill also prohibits Vietnam from having access to the U.S. 

Generalized System of Preferences, 

GSP, program until Vietnam improves 

its labor standards. The GSP program 

allows developing countries to import 

certain items into the U.S. duty-free. 

While the 110th Congress will shortly 

come to an end, I wanted to introduce 

this legislation as a signal to the Vietnamese government that its record on 

human rights and recent behavior has 

not gone unnoticed. I intend to reintroduce this legislation very early in the 

111th Congress. 

Let me be clear. I support a strong 

bilateral relationship between Vietnam 

and the United States. But the Vietnamese government must dramatically 

improve its human rights record in 

order for our relationship to grow. 

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SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS 

SENATE RESOLUTION 701—HONORING THE LIFE OF MICHAEL P. 

SMITH 

Ms. LANDRIEU submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary: 

S. RES. 701 

Whereas Michael P. Smith was an awardwinning photographer nationally recognized 

for his work over 4 decades documenting the 

music, culture, and folklife of New Orleans 

and the State of Louisiana; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith greatly influenced the understanding of New Orleans and 

Louisiana of people around the world; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith’s work captured 

and made accessible the environment, social 

structures, and neighborhoods that both create and sustain the musical traditions of 

New Orleans; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith was born in 

Metairie, Louisiana, the son of a member of 

the Rex organization and the Boston Club, 

was a star athlete, and graduated from 

Metairie Park Country Day School and 

Tulane University; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith was the only 

person to photograph at every New Orleans 

Jazz & Heritage Festival since the festival 

began in 1970 until his retirement in 2004, 

when he was honored with a major grandstand exhibition and photo kiosks placed 

around the fairgrounds at the festival; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith received 2 Photographer’s Fellowships from the National 

Endowment for the Arts early in his career 

and his prints have toured worldwide 

through the United States Information 

Agency (USIA); 

Whereas Michael P. Smith’s work has been 

presented at the National Museum of American History, the International Center for 

Photography in New York, and the LeRoy 

Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, as 

well as numerous other museums, galleries, 

and jazz festivals in America and Europe; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith’s work is part of 

the permanent collections of the National 

Museum of American History in Washington, 

DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New 

York, the Bibliothe`que Nationale in Paris, 

the Louisiana State Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the New Orleans 

Museum of Art; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith’s work is represented in 5 photography books including 

‘‘Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive 

Folk Culture of African American New Orleans’’, ‘‘A Joyful Noise: A Celebration of New 

Orleans Music’’, ‘‘New Orleans Jazz Fest: A 

Pictorial History’’, ‘‘Jazz Fest Memories’’, 

and ‘‘Mardi Gras Indians’’, which is a visual 

and sociological history of the unique masking and musical traditions still alive in the 

older Black neighborhoods of New Orleans; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith’s photographs 

grace the covers of many compact discs and 

record albums, illustrate numerous books 

and magazine articles published in America 

and Europe, and are in continual demand for 

documentary films produced at home and 

abroad; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith won numerous 

awards for his work, including the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana 

Endowment for the Humanities, the (New Orleans) Mayor’s Arts Award, the Clarence 

John Laughlin Lifetime Achievement Award 

from the New Orleans chapter of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and 

the Artist Recognition Award from the New 

Orleans Museum of Arts’s Delgado Society; 

Whereas Michael P. Smith was an original 

owner and a founder of Tipitina’s, the iconic 

club that has featured, and continues to feature, the best and brightest of New Orleans 

music; and 

Whereas Michael P. Smith is survived by a 

companion, Karen Louise Snyder, 2 daughters, Jan Lamberton Smith of Quail Springs, 

California, and Leslie Blackshear Smith of 

New Orleans, a brother, Joseph Byrd 

Hatchitt Smith of Port Angeles, Washington, 

and 2 grandchildren: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) honors the life of Michael P. Smith; 

(2) recognizes Michael P. Smith for his invaluable contributions as a cultural archivist of New Orleans and Louisiana history 

and culture; 

(3) recommits itself to ensuring that artists such as Michael P. Smith receive recognition for their creative and cultural endeavors; and 

(4) extends condolences to his family on 

the death of this talented and beloved man. 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 105—DIRECTING THE CLERK 

OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CORRECT THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 6063 

Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted 

the following concurrent resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to: 

S. CON. RES. 105 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 6063, an Act to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following corrections: 

In section 601(b)(2)(A)(iii) of the bill, strike 

‘‘Orbiter’’. 

In section 611(d)(1) of the bill, strike ‘‘first 

President’’ and insert ‘‘President’’. 

In section 611(e)(3) of the bill, strike ‘‘correctly’’ and insert ‘‘currently’’. 

In section 611(e)(7) of the bill, strike 

‘‘extention’’ and insert ‘‘extension’’. 

In section 612 of the bill, strike ‘‘operations’’ and insert ‘‘operational’’. 

In section 1119 of the bill, strike ‘‘The Report’’ and insert ‘‘The report’’.

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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 5683. Mr. BINGAMAN (for Mr. DORGAN

(for himself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. 

HARKIN, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. 

BYRD, Mr. SANDERS, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN)) 

proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 7081, 

to approve the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of 

Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes. 

SA 5684. Mr. DODD (for Mr. PRYOR) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 602, to develop the next generation of parental control 

technology. 

SA 5685. Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 1424, of 1974, section 

2705 of the Public Health Service Act, section 

9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 

require equity in the provision of mental 

health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and 

employment, and for other purposes. 

SA 5686. Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 1424, supra. 

SA 5687. Mr. SANDERS proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 5685 proposed 

by Mr. DODD to the bill H.R. 1424, supra. 

SA 5688. Mr. DURBIN proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1703, to prevent and reduce trafficking in persons. 

SA 5689. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. COLLINS) 

proposed an amendment to the bill S. 3013, to 

provide for retirement equity for Federal 

employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 

contiguous States and the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 

SA 5690. Mr. DURBIN (for Mr. CORNYN (for 

himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN)) proposed an 

amendment to the bill S. 3073, to amend the 

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 

Voting Act to improve procedures for the 

collection and delivery of absentee ballots of 

absent overseas uniformed services voters, 

and for other purposes. 

SA 5691. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by her 

to the bill H.R. 1424, of 1974, section 2705 of 

the Public Health Service Act, section 9812 of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 

equity in the provision of mental health and 

substance-related disorder benefits under 

group health plans, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with 


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