[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H12110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   APPOINTING DAY FOR CONVENING FIRST SESSION OF 105TH CONGRESS AND 
                     COUNTING 1996 ELECTORAL VOTES

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a joint resolution (H.J. Res. 198) 
appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the 105th 
Congress and the day for the counting in Congress of the electoral 
votes for President and Vice President cast in December 1996, and I ask 
unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows:

                             H.J. Res. 198

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

     SECTION 1. DATE FOR CONVENING OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH 
                   CONGRESS.

       The first regular session of One Hundred Fifth Congress 
     shall begin at noon of Tuesday, January 7, 1997.

     SEC. 2. DATE FOR COUNTING 1996 ELECTORAL VOTES IN CONGRESS.

       The meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to 
     be held in January 1997 pursuant to section 15 of title 3, 
     United States Code, to count the electoral votes for 
     President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 
     1996 shall be held on January 9, 1997 (rather than on the 
     date specified in the first sentence of that section).

  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider 
was laid on the table.

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