[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 34 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E487-E488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CODIFICATION OF TITLE 36, UNITED STATES CODE, PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL 
               OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS

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                           HON. HENRY J. HYDE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 17, 1997

  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a bill to codify and 
enact certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and 
national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36 of the 
United States Code. This bill has been prepared by the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives as a part of the 
responsibilities of that Office to prepare and submit to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for enactment into positive law, all titles of the 
United States Code. This bill makes no change in the substance of 
existing law.
  Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of the bill and a description 
of the bill, containing a section-by-section summary should contact

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John R. Miller, acting law revision counsel, U.S. House of 
Representatives, H2-304 Ford House Office Building, Washington, DC, 
20515-6711. The telephone number is (202) 226-2411.
  Persons wishing to comment on the bill should submit those comments 
to the acting law revision counsel no later than May 31, 1997.

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