[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22914]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  APPOINTING DAY FOR THE CONVENING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 111TH 
                                CONGRESS

  Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I send to the desk a joint resolution and 
ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the joint resolution is as follows:

                             H.J. Res. 100

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

     SECTION 1. DAY FOR CONVENING OF ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH 
                   CONGRESS.

       The first regular session of the One Hundred Eleventh 
     Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, January 6, 2009.

     SEC. 2. DATE FOR COUNTING 2008 ELECTORAL VOTES IN CONGRESS.

       The meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to 
     be held in January 2009 pursuant to section 15 of title 3, 
     United States Code, to count the electoral votes for 
     President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 
     2008 shall be held on January 8, 2009 (rather than on the 
     date specified in the first sentence of that section).

  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider 
was laid on the table.

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