[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H7287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  AUTHORIZING USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL TO PRESENT CONGRESSIONAL GOLD 
               MEDAL TO FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II

  Mr. HARPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Administration be discharged from further consideration of 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). Is there 
objection to the request of the gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 23

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

     SECTION 1. USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL FOR CEREMONY TO PRESENT 
                   THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO THE FILIPINO 
                   VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

       (a) Authorization.--Emancipation Hall in the Capitol 
     Visitor Center is authorized to be used on October 25, 2017 
     for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal 
     collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in 
     recognition of their dedicated military service.
       (b) Preparations.--Physical preparations for the conduct of 
     the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out 
     in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by 
     the Architect of the Capitol.

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

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