[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16313-16314]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        PROVIDING FOR AN ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF THE TWO HOUSES

  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged 
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 459) and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 459

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That, in consonance with section 132(a) of the 
     Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, when the House 
     adjourns on the legislative day of Friday, July 28, 2006, or 
     Saturday, July 29, 2006, on a motion offered pursuant to this 
     concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, 
     it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 
     2006, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 
     2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and 
     that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from 
     Thursday, August 3, 2006, through Monday, August 7, 2006, on 
     a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by 
     its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or 
     adjourned until noon on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, or such 
     other time on that day as may be specified by its Majority 
     Leader or his designee in the

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     motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any 
     reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
     resolution, whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly 
     after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and 
     the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members 
     of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at 
     such place and time as they may designate if, in their 
     opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the concurrent 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this question will be postponed.

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