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AUTHORITY TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO ESCORT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                     STATES INTO THE HOUSE CHAMBER

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the President 
pro tempore of the Senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the 
part of the Senate to join with a like committee on the part of the 
House of Representatives to escort the President of the United States 
into the House Chamber for the joint session to be held at 9 p.m. on 
Thursday, September 20, 2001.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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