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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 91

Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a clinic to be conducted

by the United States Luge Association.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 21, 1999

Mr. SWEENEY 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 clinic

to be conducted by the United States Luge Association.

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES LUGE AS4 SOCIATION CLINIC ON CAPITOL GROUNDS.

5 The United States Luge Association (in this resolu6 tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) shall be permitted to

7 sponsor a clinic (in this resolution referred to as the

8 ‘‘event’’) on the Capitol Grounds on August 14, 1999, or

9 on such other date as the Speaker of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives and the Committee on Rules and Administra2 tion of the Senate may jointly designate.

3 SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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

5 1 shall be free of admission charge to the public and ar6 ranged not to interfere with the needs of Congress, under

7 conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol

8 and the Capitol Police Board.

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

10 assume full responsibility for all expenses and liabilities

11 incident to all activities associated with the event.

12 SEC. 3. STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

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

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

15 erect upon the Capitol Grounds such stage, sound amplifi16 cation devices, and other related structures and equipment

17 as may be required for the event authorized by section

18 1.

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, including arrangements to

23 limit access to a portion of Constitution Avenue as re24 quired for 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), con5 cerning 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 partici18 pating in the event authorized by section 1 as the Archi19 tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board consider

20 appropriate, under which such persons shall agree to com21 ply with the requirements of subsection (a). The agree22 ment shall specifically prohibit the use of any photograph

23 taken at the event for a commercial purpose and shall pro24 vide for the imposition of financial penalties if any viola25 tions of the agreement occur.

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