[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12676]
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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONVENING OF THE 2d SESSION OF THE 105th CONGRESS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now call up Senate joint resolution 39, 
which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 39) to provide for the 
     convening of the second session of the One Hundred Fifth 
     Congress.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the joint resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be considered read the third time and passed, and the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 39) considered read the third time 
and passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 39

       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.

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