[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6247]
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AUTHORIZING RUNNING OF 1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY THROUGH CAPITOL 
                                GROUNDS

  Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 172) 
authorizing the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay to be run through the 
Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes, with a Senate amendment 
thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The Clerk read the Senate amendment, as follows:

       Senate amendment:
       Page 2, line 8, strike out all after ``Grounds'' down to 
     and including ``overnight,'' in line 9.

  The SPEAKER (Mr. Dreier). Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Maryland?
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I do so for 
the purpose of asking the gentleman for an explanation of the 
proceeding.
  I yield to the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Gilchrest].
  Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Speaker, we would like to expedite this bill. 
There is only a minor change between what we did in the House and what 
they did in the Senate. The torch is going to move on. It will not 
spend the night here so the Senate bill did not reflect the House bill 
in that way. So we would like to expedite the process and agree with 
the Senate version of the bill.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I have no objection to the changes in the 
legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Maryland?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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