[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 139]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

                                              Office of the Clerk,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 2014.
     Hon. John Boehner,
     Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to transmit herewith a 
     copy of the Certificate of Election received from the 
     Honorable Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama and the 
     Honorable Jim Bennett, Secretary of State of Alabama, 
     indicating that, at the Special Election held on December 17, 
     2013, the Honorable Bradley Byrne was duly elected 
     Representative in Congress for the First Congressional 
     District, State of Alabama.
       With best wishes, I am
           Sincerely,
                                                    Karen L. Haas,
                                                            Clerk.
       Enclosure.

                            State of Alabama


           certificate of election to fill the unexpired term

     To the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United 
         States:
       This is to certify that on the 17th day of December, 2013, 
     the following individual was duly chosen by the qualified 
     electors of the First Congressional district of the State of 
     Alabama as member of the House of Representatives of the 
     United States to represent said State and district for the 
     unexpired term: Bradley Byrne.
       In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and 
     caused the Great Seal of the State of Alabama to be affixed 
     by the Secretary of State, at the Capitol, in the city of 
     Montgomery on this 27th day of December, in the year of our 
     Lord 2013.
     Robert Bentley,
       Governor.
     Jim Bennett,
       Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

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