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     PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER CATAFALQUE

  Mr. BOCCIERI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 65) providing 
for the use of the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the 
Capitol Visitor Center in connection with memorial services to be 
conducted in the United States Senate Chamber for the Honorable Robert 
C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia, and ask for 
its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pastor of Arizona). Is there objection 
to the request of the gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 65

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Architect of the Capitol is authorized 
     and directed to transfer the catafalque which is situated in 
     the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center to the 
     Senate Chamber so that such catafalque may be used in 
     connection with services to be conducted there for the 
     Honorable Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of 
     West Virginia.

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

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