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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 17--AUTHORIZING THE USE OF ROTUNDA OF THE 
  CAPITOL FOR THE LYING IN STATE OF THE REMAINS OF THE LAST MEDAL OF 
    HONOR RECIPIENT OF WORLD WAR II, IN ORDER TO HONOR THE GREATEST 
GENERATION AND THE MORE THAN 16,000,000 MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE 
          ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1941 TO 1945

  Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mrs. Capito) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration:

                            S. Con. Res. 17

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

     SECTION 1. HONORING THE LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR 
                   RECIPIENT OF WORLD WAR II.

       (a) Use of Rotunda.--The individual who is the last 
     surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed 
     during World War II shall be permitted to lie in state in the 
     rotunda of the Capitol upon death, if the individual (or the 
     next of kin of the individual) so elects.
       (b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under 
     the direction of the President pro tempore of the Senate and 
     the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall take the 
     necessary steps to implement subsection (a).

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