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“I further ask that the resolution be agreed to; the Feinstein amendment to the preamble which is at the desk be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 167) was agreed to. The amendment (No. 1819) was agreed to, as follows: Insert after the third whereas clause of the preamble the following: Whereas although the United States does not take a position on competing territorial claims over land features and maritime boundaries, it does have a strong and long-standing interest in the manner in which disputes in the South China Sea are addressed and in the conduct of the parties; Insert after the ninth whereas clause of the preamble the following: Whereas, on June 21, 2013, the Governments of the People's Republic of China and Vietnam announced that they had agreed to set up and use an emergency fishery hotline to inform each other of any detainment involving fishermen or boats within 48 hours, to help quickly resolve disputes and as part of efforts to prevent future incidents from derailing ties, and the Governments of the People's Republic of China and Indonesia on May 2, 2013, agreed to establish a hotline for incidents in their disputed waters; In the thirteenth whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``declaring the Senakaku Islands a ``core interest'',''.…”