[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H34]
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                            RECALL DESIGNEE

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

                                              The Speaker's Rooms,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 3, 2017.
     Hon. Karen L. Haas,
     Clerk of the House of Representatives,
     The Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Madam Clerk: I hereby designate Representative Kevin 
     McCarthy of California to exercise any authority regarding 
     assembly, reassembly, convening, or reconvening of the House 
     pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution 1, clause 12 of rule 
     I, and any concurrent resolutions of the current Congress as 
     may contemplate my designation of Members to exercise similar 
     authority.
       In the event of the death or inability of that designee, 
     the alternate Members of the House listed in the letter 
     bearing this date that I have placed with the Clerk are 
     designated, in turn, for the same purposes.
           Sincerely,
                                                     Paul D. Ryan,
     Speaker.

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