[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7]
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 EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 
                               CEREMONIES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a concurrent resolution at the desk, 
and I ask that it now be considered.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) extending the life 
     of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the concurrent 
resolution is considered and agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) reads as follows:

                             S. Con. Res. 2

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

     SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE.

       Effective from January 3, 2013, the joint committee created 
     by Senate Concurrent Resolution 35 (112th Congress), to make 
     the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the 
     President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United 
     States, is continued with the same power and authority 
     provided for in that resolution.

     SEC. 2. USE OF CAPITOL.

       Effective from January 3, 2013, the provisions of Senate 
     Concurrent Resolution 36 (112th Congress), to authorize the 
     use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by 
     the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in 
     connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for 
     the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice 
     President-elect of the United States are continued with the 
     same power and authority provided for in that resolution.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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