[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S8633]
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PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE AND A CONDITIONAL 
                  RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to H. Con. Res. 
172.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 172) providing a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed 
to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 172) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 172

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That, in consonance with section 132(a) of the 
     Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, when the House 
     adjourns on the legislative day of Friday, July 31, 2009, 
     Saturday, August 1, 2009, or Sunday, August 2, 2009, on a 
     motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its 
     Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 
     p.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, or until the time of any 
     reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
     resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate 
     recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, August 6, 
     2009, through Tuesday, August 11, 2009, on a motion offered 
     pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader 
     or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on 
     Tuesday, September 8, 2009, or such other time on that day as 
     may be specified in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until 
     the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this 
     concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, or their respective designees, 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 the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at 
     such place and time as they may designate if, in their 
     opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

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