[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORIZING THE SPEAKER OR HIS DEPUTY TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE 
                TO THE HONORABLE SAM FARR OF CALIFORNIA

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 
13) and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 13

       Resolved, Whereas, Sam Farr, a Representative-elect from 
     the Seventeenth District of the State of California, has been 
     unable from illness to appear in person to sworn as a Member 
     of the House, and there being no contest or question as to 
     his election; Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Speaker, or deputy named by him, is 
     hereby authorized to administer the oath of office to the 
     Honorable Sam Farr at Carmel, California, and that such oath 
     be accepted and received by the House as the oath of office 
     of the Honorable Sam Farr.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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