[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[House]
[Pages 30856-30857]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  APPOINTING DAY FOR THE CONVENING OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 108TH 
                                CONGRESS

  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a joint resolution (H.J. Res. 80), 
and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the joint resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H.J. Res. 80

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, 

     SECTION 1. DAY FOR CONVENING OF SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF ONE 
                   HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS.

        The second regular session of the One Hundred Eighth 
     Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, January 20, 2004.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR CALLING SPECIAL SESSION BEFORE 
                   CONVENING OF SECOND REGULAR SESSION.

        If the Speaker of the House of Representatives (or the 
     designee of the Speaker) and the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate (or the designee of the Majority Leader), acting 
     jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, determine it is in the public interest for Congress 
     to assemble during the period between the end of the

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     first regular session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress at 
     noon on January 3, 2004, and the convening of the second 
     regular session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress as 
     provided in section 1--
       (1) the Speaker and Majority Leader, or their respective 
     designees, shall notify the Members of the House and Senate, 
     respectively, of such determination and of the place and time 
     for Congress to so assemble; and
       (2) Congress shall assemble in accordance with that 
     notification.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, was read a third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was 
laid on the table.

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