[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 198 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                            H. CON. RES. 198

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

    Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the first annual 
                      Congressional Family Picnic.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 198

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
Whereas the Member's and Family Room is an official entity of the House of 
        Representatives, administratively under the Office of the Clerk of the 
        House;
Whereas the purpose of the Member's and Family Room is to facilitate family life 
        in congressional families, and to promote collegial relationships among 
        the sitting Members of Congress; and
Whereas a family picnic on the Capitol grounds would promote the purposes of the 
        Member's and Family Room: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FIRST ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY PICNIC ON 
              CAPITOL GROUNDS.

    The Advisory Board of the Member's and Family Room (in this 
resolution referred to as the ``Advisory Board'') shall be permitted to 
sponsor an event, the first annual Congressional Family Picnic, on the 
Capitol grounds on July 30, 1996, or on such other date as the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the 
Senate may jointly designate.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS.

    The event to be carried out under this resolution shall be arranged 
under conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol and 
the Capitol Police Board.

SEC. 3. STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

    For the purposes of this resolution, the Advisory Board is 
authorized to erect upon the Capitol grounds, subject to the approval 
of the Architect of the Capitol, such structures and equipment 
(including cooking equipment) as may be required for the event to be 
carried out under this resolution.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board are 
authorized to make any such additional arrangements that may be 
required to carry out the event under this resolution.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.