[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8]
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 EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 
    CEREMONIES AND THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 48

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a concurrent resolution to the desk 
extending the life of the Joint Inaugural Committee, and ask that the 
resolution be reported by title, agreed to, and that the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) to extend the life 
     of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies 
     and the provisions of S. Con. Res. 48.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) was agreed to, 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.

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