[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5630-S5631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RELATIVE TO THE MEMORIAL OBSERVANCES OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT C. BYRD

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent to proceed to S. Res. 574.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 574) relative to the memorial 
     observances of the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator 
     from the State of West Virginia.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.

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  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
and preamble be agreed to en bloc, and the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 574) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 574

       Whereas, The Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
     regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Robert 
     C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolve, That the memorial observances of the Honorable 
     Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West 
     Virginia, be held in the Senate Chamber on Thursday, July 1, 
     2010, beginning 10:00 a.m., and that the Senate attend the 
     same.
       Resolve, That paragraph 1 of Rule IV of the Rules for the 
     Regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States Capitol 
     (prohibiting the taking of pictures in the Senate Chamber) be 
     temporarily suspended for the sole and specific purpose of 
     permitting the Senate Photographic Studio to photograph this 
     memorial observance.
       Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms be directed to make 
     necessary and appropriate arrangements in connection with the 
     memorial observances in the Senate Chamber.
       Resolve, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these 
     resolutions to the House of Representatives, transmit an 
     enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased, and 
     invite the House of Representatives and the family of the 
     deceased to attend the memorial observance in the Senate 
     Chamber.
       Resolve, That invitations be extended to the President of 
     the United States, the Vice President of the United States, 
     and the members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice and 
     Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 
     the Diplomatic Corps (through the Secretary of State), the 
     Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations of 
     the Navy, the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps, 
     the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of 
     the Coast Guard to attend the memorial observances in the 
     Senate Chamber.

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