[Deschler-Brown Precedents, Volume 17, Chapters 34 - 40]
[Ch. 36. Ceremonies and Awards]
[Â§14. âHolocaust Days of Remembrance]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 36
 
                         Ceremonies and Awards
 
Sec. 14. --Holocaust Days of Remembrance

    The House has provided for a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda to 
mark the annual Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust. The 
ceremony is generally held on or around the 27th of April. Holocaust 
survivors and liberators, members of Congress, White House officials, 
members of the diplomatic corps and community leaders are in attendance 
at the ceremony.
    A concurrent resolution is needed to authorize the use of the 
Rotunda for the ceremony.                          -------------------

Sec. 14.1 The House considered by unanimous consent and adopted a 
    Senate concurrent resolution providing that the Capitol Rotunda be 
    available at a certain time for a ceremony to commemorate the Days 
    of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust.

    On Mar. 26, 1979,(1) the House first authorized the use 
of the Rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate the days of remembrance of 
victims of the Holocaust, as follows:
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 1. 125 Cong. Rec. 6231, 96th Cong. 1st Sess.
            For additional examples of concurrent resolutions 
        authorizing the use of the Capitol Rotunda for the Days of 
        Remembrance commemoration, see, e.g., 149 Cong. Rec. 4384-86, 
        108th Cong. 1st Sess., Feb. 25, 2003 (H. Con. Res. 40); 148 
        Cong. Rec. 1053-55, 107th Cong. 2d Sess., Feb. 12, 2002 (H. 
        Con. Res. 325); 147 Cong. Rec. 1040-43, 107th Cong. 1st Sess., 
        Jan. 31, 2001 (H. Con. Res. 14); 146 Cong. Rec. 248, 249, 106th 
        Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 31, 2000 (H. Con. Res. 244); 145 Cong. 
        Rec. 1514-16, 106th Cong. 1st Sess., Feb. 2, 1999 (H. Con. Res. 
        19); 144 Cong. Rec. 3043, 3044, 105th Cong. 2d Sess., Mar. 10, 
        1998 (H. Con. Res. 206); 143 Cong. Rec. 4688, 4689, 105th Cong. 
        1st Sess., Mar. 21, 1997 (H. Con. Res. 11); 141 Cong. Rec. 
        5643, 5644, 104th Cong. 1st Sess., Feb. 23, 1995 (H. Con. Res. 
        20); 137 Cong. Rec. 5785-87, Mar. 12, 1991 (H. Con. Res. 45); 
        135 Cong. Rec. 7538, 7539, 101st Cong. 1st Sess., Apr. 26, 1989 
        (H. Con. Res. 50); 133 Cong. Rec. 4139, 4140, 100th Cong. 1st 
        Sess., Feb. 26, 1987 (H. Con. Res. 49); and 128 Cong. Rec. 
        5899, 5900, 97th Cong. 2d Sess. Mar. 30, 1982 (H. Con. Res. 
        299).

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          COMMEMORATION OF DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF HOLOCAUST

        Mr. [Sidney R.] YATES [of Illinois]. Mr. Speaker, I ask 
    unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the Senate 
    concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 16) relating to a ceremony to 
    be held in the Capitol rotunda as part of the commemoration of the 
    Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, and ask for its 
    immediate consideration.
        The Clerk read the title of the Senate concurrent resolution.
        The SPEAKER.(2) Is there objection to the request of 
    the gentleman from Illinois?
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 2. Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (MA).
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        There was no objection.
        The Clerk read the Senate concurrent resolution, as follows:

                                S. Con. Res. 16

            Whereas, Public Law 95-371 designates April 28 and 29 of 
        1979 as ``Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust'';
            Whereas, on November 1, 1978, the President of the United 
        States established the President's Commission on the Holocaust, 
        which was charged with the responsibility of recommending 
        appropriate ways for the nation to commemorate the Days of 
        Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust;
            Whereas, the President's Commission has recommended that a 
        one-half hour ceremony be held in the Capitol Rotunda on April 
        24, consisting of prayers, speeches, readings and musical 
        presentations as part of the Days of Remembrance activities;
            Whereas, the President's Commission has recommended that 
        the United States Senate and United States House of 
        Representatives should stand in recess during the ceremony: 
        Now, therefore, be it
            Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
        concurring), That from noon on April 24, 1979, the Capitol 
        Rotunda shall be available until 1:00 p.m. for a ceremony as 
        part of the commemoration of the Days of Remembrance of Victims 
        of the Holocaust. . . .
            The Senate concurrent resolution was concurred in.
            A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.