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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 49

Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a bike rodeo to be conducted

by the Earth Force Youth Bike Summit.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 10, 1999

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.

SABO, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr.

BROWN of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.

DEFAZIO, and Mr. TRAFICANT) 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 a bike rodeo

to be conducted by the Earth Force Youth Bike Summit.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF BIKE RODEO ON CAPITOL

4 GROUNDS.

5 The Earth Force Youth Bike Summit (in this resolu6 tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) shall be permitted to

7 sponsor a bike rodeo (in this resolution referred to as the

8 ‘‘event’’) on the Capitol Grounds on May 5, 1999, or on
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1 such other date as the Speaker of the House of Represent2 atives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of

3 the Senate may jointly designate.

4 SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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

6 1 shall be free of admission charge to the public and ar7 ranged not to interfere with the needs of Congress, under

8 conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol

9 and the Capitol Police Board.

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

11 assume full responsibility for all expenses and liabilities

12 incident to all activities associated with the event.

13 SEC. 3. STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

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

15 approval of the Architect of the Capitol, the sponsor may

16 erect upon the Capitol Grounds such stage, sound amplifi17 cation devices, and other related structures and equipment

18 as may be required for the event authorized by section

19 1.

20 (b) ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.—The Architect of

21 the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board are authorized

22 to make any such additional arrangements as may be re23 quired to carry out the event.
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1 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIONS.

2 The Capitol Police Board shall provide for enforce3 ment of the restrictions contained in section 4 of the Act

4 of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat. 718), concern5 ing sales, displays, and solicitations on the Capitol

6 Grounds, as well as other restrictions applicable to the

7 Capitol Grounds, with respect to the event authorized by

8 section 1.

9 SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON REPRESENTATIONS.

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

11 directly or indirectly, that this resolution or any activity

12 carried out under this resolution in any way constitutes

13 approval or endorsement by the Federal Government of

14 any person or any product or service.

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

16 and the Capitol Police Board shall enter into an agree17 ment with the sponsor, and such other persons participat18 ing in the event authorized by section 1 as the Architect

19 of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board considers ap20 propriate, under which such persons shall agree to comply

21 with the requirements of subsection (a). The agreement

22 shall specifically prohibit the use of any photograph taken

23 at the event for a commercial purpose and shall provide

24 for the imposition of financial penalties if any violations

25 of the agreement occur.

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