[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10918]
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PROVIDING FOR CONVENING OF SECOND SESSION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 311, I call up 
the Senate joint resolution (S.J. Res. 39) to provide for the convening 
of the Second Session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, and ask for 
its immediate consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Pursuant to House Resolution 
311, the joint resolution is considered read.
  The text of S.J. Res. 39 is as follows:
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     second regular session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress 
     shall begin at noon on Tuesday, January 27, 1998.
       Sec. 2. Prior to the convening of the second regular 
     session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress on January 27, 
     1998, as provided in the first section of this joint 
     resolution, Congress shall reassemble at noon on the second 
     day after its Members are notified in accordance with section 
     3 of this joint resolution.
       Sec. 3. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, acting jointly after consultation with the 
     Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and Senate, 
     respectively, to assemble whenever, in their opinion, the 
     public interest shall warrant it.

  The joint resolution was read a third time and passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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