[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RESOLUTION IN PREPARATION FOR SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing for 
consideration of a joint resolution appointing the day for the 
convening of the first session of the 106th Congress, subject to one 
hour of debate in the House equally divided between the Majority Leader 
and the Minority Leader or their designees and one motion to recommit. 
The rule adopts a resolution providing that any organizational caucus 
or conference in the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress 
may begin on or after November 18, 1998. The rule adopts a resolution 
providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual 
of the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress as a house 
document. The rule adopts a resolution providing that a committee of 
two Members of the House be appointed to wait upon the President of the 
United States and inform him that the House of Representatives has 
completed its business of the session and is ready to adjourn, unless 
the President has some other communication to make to them. The rule 
authorizes the Speaker, Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader to 
accept resignations and make certain appointments following the 
adjournment of the second session sine die as authorized by law or by 
the House. The rule authorizes the chairman and ranking minority member 
of each standing committee and subcommittee to extend their remarks in 
the Congressional Record and include a summary of the work of their 
committee or subcommittee.