[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. Res. 241 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 241

  To direct the Senate Commission on Art to recommend to the Senate 2 
  outstanding individuals whose paintings shall be placed in 2 of the 
        remaining unfilled spaces in the Senate reception room.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 1999

 Mr. Lott submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To direct the Senate Commission on Art to recommend to the Senate 2 
  outstanding individuals whose paintings shall be placed in 2 of the 
        remaining unfilled spaces in the Senate reception room.

Whereas the reception room in the Capitol outside the Senate Chamber was 
        originally designed to contain medallion likenesses of outstanding 
        Americans;
Whereas there are at present 6 unfilled spaces in the Senate reception room for 
        such medallions; and
Whereas it is in the public interest to accomplish the original objective of the 
        design of the Senate reception room by selecting individuals who were 
        outstanding Senate legislators with a deep appreciation for the Senate, 
        who will serve as role models for future Americans: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That (a) the Senate Commission on Art established under 
section 901 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 
188b) (referred to as the ``Commission'') shall select 2 outstanding 
individuals whose paintings shall be placed in 2 of the remaining 
unfilled spaces in the Senate reception room, upon approval by the 
Senate.
    (b)(1) The Commission shall select individuals from among Senators, 
without consideration to party affiliation, who have not served as a 
Senator in the last 21 years. The Commission shall not select a living 
individual.
    (2) The Commission shall consider first those Senators who are not 
already commemorated in the Capitol or Senate Office Buildings, 
although such commemoration shall serve as an absolute bar to 
consideration or selection only for those who have served as President 
of the Senate, as the latter are visibly and appropriately commemorated 
through the Vice Presidential bust collection.
    (3) The Commission also shall give primary consideration to the 
service of the Senator while in the Senate, as opposed to other service 
to the United States.
    (c) The Commission is authorized to seek advice and recommendations 
from historians and other sources in carrying out this resolution.
    Sec. 2. The Commission shall make its selections and 
recommendations pursuant to the first section no later than the close 
of the second session of the 106th Congress.
    Sec. 3. For purposes of making the recommendations required by this 
resolution, a member of the Commission may designate another Senator to 
act in place of that member.
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