[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER

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

                                            Office of the Speaker,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                 Washington, DC, February 1, 2000.
     Hon. James A. Leach,
     Committee on Banking, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: This is to advise you that 
     Representative Virgil Goode's election to the Committee on 
     Banking has been automatically vacated pursuant to clause 
     5(b) of rule X effective today.
           Sincerely,
                                                J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House.

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