[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 263 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 263

 Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the seventeenth annual 
               National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1998

   Mr. Kim submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the seventeenth annual 
               National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 

SECTION 1. USE OF CAPITOL GROUNDS FOR NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL 
              SERVICE.

    The National Fraternal Order of Police and its auxiliary shall be 
permitted to sponsor a public event, the seventeenth annual National 
Peace Officers' Memorial Service, on the Capitol Grounds on May 15, 
1998, or on such other date as the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate may jointly designate, in order to honor the more than 160 law 
enforcement officers who died in the line of duty during 1997.

SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--The event authorized to be conducted on the 
Capitol Grounds under section 1 shall be free of admission charge to 
the public and arranged not to interfere with the needs of Congress, 
under conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol and 
the Capitol Police Board.
    (b) Expenses and Liabilities.--The National Fraternal Order of 
Police and its auxiliary shall assume full responsibility for all 
expenses and liabilities incident to all activities associated with the 
event.

SEC. 3. EVENT PREPARATIONS.

    (a) Structures and Equipment.--Subject to the approval of the 
Architect of the Capitol, the National Fraternal Order of Police and 
its auxiliary are authorized to erect upon the Capitol Grounds such 
stage, sound amplification devices, and other related structures and 
equipment, as may be required for the event authorized to be conducted 
on the Capitol Grounds under section 1.
    (b) Additional Arrangements.--The Architect of the Capitol and the 
Capitol Police Board are authorized to make any such additional 
arrangements as may be required to carry out the event.
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