[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12787]
[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 PRESENT THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO THE MONUMENTS 
                                  MEN

  Mr. HARPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Administration be discharged from further consideration of 
House Concurrent Resolution 64, 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 
gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 64

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

     SECTION 1. USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL FOR CEREMONY TO PRESENT 
                   CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO THE MONUMENTS MEN.

       Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is 
     authorized to be used on October 22, 2015, for a ceremony to 
     present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Monuments Men 
     collectively, in recognition of their heroic role in the 
     preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works 
     of art, and artifacts of cultural importance during and 
     following World War II. Physical preparations for the conduct 
     of the ceremony 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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