[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PROVIDING FOR REPRESENTATION BY CONGRESS AT A SPECIAL MEETING IN NEW 
              YORK, NEW YORK ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2002

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 
449) providing for representation by Congress at a special meeting in 
New York, New York on Friday, September 6, 2002, and ask unanimous 
consent for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 449

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That (a) The Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives (in consultation with the minority leader of 
     the House of Representatives), with respect to the House of 
     Representatives, and the President pro tempore of the Senate 
     (in consultation with the majority leader and the minority 
     leader of the Senate), with respect to the Senate, may send 
     such Representatives, Senators and other appropriate persons, 
     to a special meeting of Congress and related events to be 
     held on Friday, September 6, 2002 in New York, New York, in 
     remembrance of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 
     and in recognition of the City of New York for the harm it 
     sustained and its recovery.
       (b) Attendees under subsection (a) shall be led by the 
     Speaker and the minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives, and by the President pro tempore (or his 
     designee), majority leader, and the minority leader of the 
     Senate.
       Sec. 2. The Congress may accept the offer of the City of 
     New York and entities controlled by the City of New York to 
     host and pay the expenses of the Congress to prepare, attend, 
     and participate in the special meeting of September 6, 2002, 
     and related events of that day, referred to in Section 1.
       Sec. 3. On behalf of the Congress, the officers of the 
     House of Representatives and the officers of the Senate may 
     make arrangements with the City of New York and other 
     required entities and agencies for participation by the 
     Congress for the purposes designated under this resolution.
  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the

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