[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18164-18165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL IN THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
FOR A CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RATIFICATION 
                         OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 93, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 93

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring),

     SECTION 1. USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL FOR CEREMONY TO 
                   COMMEMORATE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF RATIFICATION 
                   OF 13TH AMENDMENT.

       (a) Authorization.--Emancipation Hall in the Capitol 
     Visitor Center is authorized to be

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     used on December 9, 2015, for a ceremony to commemorate the 
     150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment 
     to the Constitution of the United States, which abolished 
     slavery in the United States.
       (b) Preparations.-- Physical preparations for the conduct 
     of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried 
     out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of 
     the Capitol may prescribe.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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