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H10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 3, 2021 PROVIDING FOR THE DESIGNA- nication from the Clerk of the House of ascertained and counted in the manner and TION OF CERTAIN MINORITY EM- Representatives: according to the rules by law provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the PLOYEES OFFICE OF THE CLERK, President of the Senate, who shall thereupon HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Ms. CHENEY. Mr. , I offer a announce the state of the vote, which an- , DC, January 3, 2021. resolution and ask unanimous consent nouncement shall be deemed a sufficient dec- Hon. , for its immediate consideration. laration of the persons, if any, elected Presi- The Speaker, House of Representatives, dent and Vice President of the United The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Washington, DC. States, and together with a list of the votes, tion. DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the be entered on the Journals of the two The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II Houses. objection to the request of the gentle- of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- woman from Wyoming? tives, the Clerk received the following mes- The concurrent resolution was con- There was no objection. sage from the Secretary of the Senate on curred in. The text of the resolution is as fol- January 3, 2021, at 1:59 p.m.: A motion to reconsider was laid on lows: That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 1. the table. H. RES. 6 That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 2. That the Senate agreed to S. Res. 1. f Resolved, That pursuant to the Legislative That the Senate agreed to S. Res. 2. Pay Act of 1929, as amended, the six minor- EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE That the Senate agreed to S. Res, 3. ity employees authorized therein shall be the JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COM- With best wishes, I am, following named persons, effective January Sincerely, MITTEE ON INAUGURAL CERE- 3, 2021, until otherwise ordered by the House, GLORIA J. LETT, MONIES to-wit: Dan Meyer, James Min, Natalie Deputy Clerk. Joyce, Will Dunham, Machalagh Carr, and The Speaker pro tempore laid before Matt Sparks, each to receive gross com- f the House the following privileged con- current resolution: pensation pursuant to the provisions of ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER House Resolution 119, Ninety-fifth Congress, PRO TEMPORE S. CON. RES. 2 as enacted into permanent law by section 115 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- of Public Law 95–94. In addition, the Minor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resentatives concurring), ity Leader may appoint and set the annual Chair would like to make a statement rate of pay for up to 3 further minority em- SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF JOINT COM- concerning the introduction and ref- MITTEE. ployees. erence of bills. Effective from January 3, 2021, the joint The resolution was agreed to. Since the rules of the 117th Congress committee created by Senate Concurrent A motion to reconsider was laid on have not yet been adopted, the rights Resolution 38 (116th Congress), agreed to the table. of Members to introduce bills, and the June 26, 2020, to make the necessary arrange- f authority of the Speaker to refer them, ments for the inauguration of the President- elect and the Vice President-elect of the AUTHORIZING THE SPEAKER TO is delayed. The Chair will state that , is continued with the same ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE submitted bills will be held until adop- power and authority provided for in that res- Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. tion of the rules, at which time they olution. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution will be referred as expeditiously as pos- SEC. 2. USE OF CAPITOL. and ask for its immediate consider- sible to the appropriate committee. At The rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the ation. that time, the bills which are not re- are authorized to be The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- ferred and do not appear in the RECORD used on January 10, 2021, January 17, 2021, and January 20, 2021 by the joint committee lows: as of that day will be included in the next day’s RECORD and printed with a created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 38 H. RES. 7 date as of the time that the rules were (116th Congress), agreed to June 26, 2020, in Whereas, Alcee L. Hastings, a Representa- connection with the proceedings and cere- tive-elect from the Twentieth District of the adopted. monies conducted for the inauguration of the State of Florida, has been unable from ill- f President-elect and the Vice President-elect ness to appear in person to be sworn as a of the United States. Member of the House, and there being no TO PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTING ON JANUARY 6, 2021, OF THE The concurrent resolution was con- contest or question as to his election: Now, curred in. therefore, be it ELECTORAL VOTES FOR PRESI- Resolved, That the Speaker, or deputy DENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF A motion to reconsider was laid on named by her, is hereby authorized to ad- THE UNITED STATES the table. minister the oath of office to the Honorable f Alcee L. Hastings at Fort Lauderdale, Flor- The Speaker pro tempore laid before ida, and that such oath be accepted and re- the House the following privileged con- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ceived by the House as the oath of office of current resolution: PRO TEMPORE the Honorable Alcee L. Hastings. S. CON. RES. 1 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The resolution was agreed to. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- Chair announces to the House that the A motion to reconsider was laid on resentatives concurring), That the two Houses whole number of the House is 430. the table. of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the f f House of Representatives on Wednesday, the 6th day of January 2021, at 1 0’clock post me- ADJOURNMENT APPOINTMENT OF HONORABLE ridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws relating to the elec- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I TO ADMINISTER OATH OF OF- tion of President and Vice President of the move that the House do now adjourn FICE TO HONORABLE ALCEE L. United States, and the President of the Sen- until 10 a.m. tomorrow. HASTINGS OF FLORIDA ate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two The motion was agreed to; accord- tellers shall be previously appointed by the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ingly (at 7 o’clock and 25 minutes President of the Senate on the part of the p.m.), the House adjourned until to- ant to the provisions of House Resolu- Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of tion 7, the Chair appoints the Honor- the House of Representatives, to whom shall morrow, Monday, , 2021, at 10 able DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ of be handed, as they are opened by the Presi- a.m. Florida to administer the oath of office dent of the Senate, all the certificates and f to the Honorable ALCEE L. HASTINGS of papers purporting to be certificates of the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, Florida. electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in ETC. f the alphabetical order of the States, begin- EC–1. Under clause 2 of rule XIV, a ning with the letter ‘‘A’’; and said tellers, COMMUNICATION FROM THE letter from the Clerk, U.S. House of CLERK OF THE HOUSE having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a Representatives, transmitting a list of The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- list of the votes as they shall appear from reports created by the Clerk, pursuant fore the House the following commu- said certificates; and the votes having been to Rule II, clause 2(b), of the Rules of

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