[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H7698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AUTHORIZING PRINTING OF COMMEMORATIVE DOCUMENT IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT 
                          RONALD WILSON REAGAN

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of the Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 135) 
authorizing the printing of a commemorative document in memory of the 
late President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and ask for 
its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to 
object, although it is not my intention to object; and I turn to the 
gentleman from California for an explanation of his request.
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this resolution 
which authorizes the printing of a commemorative document in memory of 
the late President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan. I will 
be offering an amendment that will require the document to be printed 
under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, to be compiled 
by both bodies of Congress for the use of the full Congress.
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
that explanation. Clearly, Congress most recently published tributes to 
President Nixon and in the past President Johnson and President Truman, 
and I am in concurrence with our distinguished gentleman from 
California.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 135

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring),

     SECTION 1. COMMEMORATIVE DOCUMENT AUTHORIZED.

        A commemorative document in memory of the late President 
     of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, consisting of the 
     eulogies and encomiums for Ronald Wilson Reagan, as expressed 
     in the Senate and the House of Representatives, together with 
     the texts of the state funeral ceremony at the United States 
     Capitol Rotunda, the national funeral service held at the 
     Washington National Cathedral, Washington, District of 
     Columbia, and the interment ceremony at the Ronald Reagan 
     Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, shall be 
     printed as a Senate document, with illustrations and suitable 
     binding.

     SEC. 2. PRINTING OF DOCUMENT.

       In addition to the usual number of copies printed, there 
     shall be printed the lesser of--
       (1) 32,500 copies of the commemorative document, of which 
     22,150 copies shall be for the use of the House of 
     Representatives and 10,350 copies shall be for the use of the 
     Senate; or
       (2) such number of copies of the commemorative document 
     that does not exceed a production and printing cost of 
     $1,000,000, with distribution of the copies to be allocated 
     in the same proportion as described in paragraph (1).

                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Doolittle

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Doolittle:
       In section 1, strike ``Senate document, with illustrations 
     and suitable binding'' and insert ``House document, with 
     illustrations and suitable binding, under the direction of 
     the Joint Committee on Printing''.

  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Senate concurrent resolution was concurred in.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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