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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 423

Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Million Family March.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 11, 2000

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Million

Family March.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MILLION FAMILY MARCH

4 ON CAPITOL GROUNDS.

5 Million Family March, Incorporated (in this resolu6 tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) shall be permitted to

7 sponsor a public event, the Million Family March, on the

8 Capitol Grounds on October 16, 2000, or on such other

9 date as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and

10 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate

11 may jointly designate.
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1 SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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

3 1 shall be free of admission charge to the public and ar4 ranged not to interfere with the needs of Congress, under

5 conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol

6 and the Capitol Police Board.

7 (b) EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES.—The sponsor shall

8 assume full responsibility for all expenses and liabilities

9 incident to all activities associated with the event.

10 SEC. 3. STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

11 (a) STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.—Subject to the

12 approval of the Architect of the Capitol, beginning on the

13 day preceding the event authorized by section 1, the spon14 sor may erect or place and keep on the Capitol Grounds,

15 until not later than 8:00 p.m. of the day succeeding the

16 event, such stage, sound amplification devices, and other

17 related structures and equipment as may be required for

18 the event.

19 (b) ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.—The Architect of

20 the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board are authorized

21 to make any such additional arrangements as may be re22 quired to carry out the event.

23 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIONS.

24 The Capitol Police Board shall provide for enforce25 ment of the restrictions contained in section 4 of the Act

26 of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat. 718), con-
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1 cerning sales, advertising, displays, and solicitations on

2 the Capitol Grounds, as well as other restrictions applica3 ble to the Capitol Grounds, with respect to the event au4 thorized by section 1.

5 SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON REPRESENTATIONS.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—No person may represent, either

7 directly or indirectly, that this resolution or any activity

8 carried out under this resolution in any way constitutes

9 approval or endorsement by the Federal Government of

10 any person or any product or service.

11 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—The Architect of the Capitol

12 and the Capitol Police Board shall enter into an agree13 ment with the sponsor, and such other persons partici14 pating in the event authorized by section 1 as the Archi15 tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board considers

16 appropriate, under which such persons shall agree to com17 ply with the requirements of subsection (a). The agree18 ment shall specifically prohibit the use of any photograph

19 taken at the event for a commercial purpose and shall pro20 vide for the imposition of financial penalties if any viola21 tions of the agreement occur.

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