[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 129, 114th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
13TH AMENDMENT RATIFICATION--150TH <> ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION CEREMONY--
EMANCIPATION HALL AUTHORIZATION

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 used on December 9, 2015, for a ceremony

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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.

Agreed to November 18, 2015.