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[H.J. Res. 83 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.J.Res.83

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                            Joint Resolution


 
 To memorialize and honor the contribution of Chief Justice William H. 
                               Rehnquist.

Whereas President Richard M. Nixon nominated William H. Rehnquist to 
  replace Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan on the Supreme Court 
  on October 21, 1971, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on 
  December 10, 1971, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme 
  Court of the United States from January 1972 through September 1986;

Whereas President Ronald W. Reagan nominated Associate Justice William 
  H. Rehnquist to replace Chief Justice Warren E. Burger as the 
  Sixteenth Chief Justice of the United States on June 20, 1986, and he 
  was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 17, 1986;

Whereas William Rehnquist presided as Chief Justice from September 1986 
  until September 2005 for a total of 19 years, making him the fourth-
  longest-serving Chief Justice after Melville W. Fuller, Roger B. 
  Taney, and John Marshall, and the longest-serving Chief Justice who 
  had previously served as an Associate Justice;

Whereas Chief Justice Rehnquist ably presided as chief administrator of 
  the United States courts to insure the due administration of justice 
  during times of rising caseloads and fiscal constraints;

Whereas Chief Justice Rehnquist was respected for his intellect, 
  fairness, and humor by his fellow Justices and by members of the 
  other branches of government; and

Whereas despite the debilitating effects of thyroid cancer, Chief 
  Justice Rehnquist continued his service to the court and the country, 
  and administered the oath of office to President George W. Bush at 
  his second inauguration on January 20, 2005: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HONOR.

    The United States, acting through Congress, authorizes and directs 
the Curator of the Supreme Court, subject to the direction and approval 
of the Chief Justice of the United States, to procure a marble bust, 
including pedestal, of the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and 
to cause them to be placed in the Supreme Court building to honor his 
memory and legacy to the Supreme Court of the United States.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000 to carry out this 
Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.