[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[House]
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                     COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER

  The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from 
the Speaker:

                                            Office of the Speaker,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                 Washington, DC, January 20, 2004.
     Hon. Sherwood Boehlert,
     Chairman, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, 
         Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: This is to advise you that 
     Representative Ralph M. Hall's election to the Committee on 
     Science has been automatically vacated pursuant to clause 
     5(b) of rule X effective January 5, 2004.
           Sincerely,
                                                J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House.

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