[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 103 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   AUTHORIZING USE OF CAPITOL GROUNDS FOR FIRST ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL 
                             FAMILY PICNIC

  Mr. GILCHREST. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House 
be considered to have agreed to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 
198), authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the first annual 
Congressional Family Picnic.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Maryland?
  There was no objection.
  The text of House Concurrent Resolution 198 is as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 198

       Whereas as 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.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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