[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H9899]
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  PROVIDING FOR JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 47) to 
provide for a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, 
and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 47

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That a Joint Congressional Committee on 
     Inaugural Ceremonies consisting of 3 Senators and 3 
     Representatives, to be appointed by the President of the 
     Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
     respectively, is authorized to make the necessary 
     arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and 
     Vice President-elect of the United States on the 20th day of 
     January 1997.

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 provides for 
a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies which will be 
authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of 
the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States on 
January 20, 1997.
  The Senate concurrent resolution was concurred in. A motion to 
reconsider was laid on the table.

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