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House Calendar No. 236

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 172

[Report No. 104–608]

Authorizing the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay to be run through

the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 7, 1996

Mr. GINGRICH submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

JUNE 6, 1996

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay to be

run through the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),
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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF RUNNING OF 1996 SUMMER

2 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY THROUGH CAPITOL

3 GROUNDS.

4 On June 20, 1996, or on such other date as the

5 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi6 dent pro tempore of the Senate may jointly designate, the

7 1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay may be run through

8 the Capitol Grounds, and the Olympic Torch may be dis9 played on the Capitol Grounds overnight, as part of the

10 ceremony of the Centennial Olympic Games to be held in

11 Atlanta, Georgia.

12 SEC. 2. CONDITIONS.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The event authorized by section

14 1 shall be free of admission charge to the public and ar15 ranged not to interfere with the needs of Congress, under

16 conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol

17 and the Capitol Police Board. The sponsor of the event

18 shall assume full responsibility for all expenses and liabil19 ities incident to all activities associated with the event.

20 (b) PROHIBITION ON DISPLAY OF ADVERTISE21 MENTS.—The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Po22 lice Board shall take such actions as may be necessary

23 to prohibit the display of advertisements for commercial

24 products or services during the event. Such actions shall

25 include measures to ensure that advertisements are not
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1 displayed on any vehicle accompanying runners in the

2 Torch Relay.

3 SEC. 3. STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

4 For the purposes of this resolution, the sponsor of

5 the event authorized by section 1 may erect upon the Cap6 itol Grounds, subject to the approval of the Architect of

7 the Capitol, such structures and equipment as are nec8 essary for the event.

9 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.

10 The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police

11 Board are authorized to make any additional arrangement

12 that may be required to carry out the event authorized

13 by section 1.

14 SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON REPRESENTATIONS.

15 A commercial sponsor of the 1996 Summer Olympic

16 Torch Relay may not represent, either directly or indi17 rectly, that this resolution or any activity carried out

18 under this resolution in any way constitutes approval or

19 endorsement by the Federal Government of the commer20 cial sponsor or any product or service offered by the com21 mercial sponsor.
House Calendar No. 236

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 172

[Report No. 104–608]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the 1996 Summer Olympic Torch

and for other purposes.Relay to be run through the Capitol Grounds,

JUNE 6, 1996

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed