[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H29]
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  PROVIDING FOR CONTINUATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE TO MAKE INAUGURATION 
                              ARRANGEMENTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
privileged Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) to extend the 
life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and 
the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 48 and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the Senate concurrent resolution, as follows:

                             S. Con. Res. 2

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That effective from January 3, 1997, the joint 
     committee created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 of the 
     One Hundred Fourth Congress, to make the necessary 
     arrangements for the inauguration, is hereby continued with 
     the same power and authority.
       Sec. 2. That effective from January 3, 1997, the provisions 
     of Senate Concurrent Resolution 48 of the One Hundred Fourth 
     Congress, to authorize the rotunda of the United States 
     Capitol to be used in connection with the proceedings and 
     ceremonies for the inauguration of the President-elect and 
     the Vice President of the United States, and for other 
     purposes, are hereby continued with the same power and 
     authority.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the Senate concurrent 
resolution is concurred in.
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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