S150 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 6, 2009 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1—TO PROVIDE FOR THE 

COUNTING ON JANUARY 8, 2009, 

OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES FOR 

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to: 

S. CON. RES. 1 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the two Houses 

of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the 

House of Representatives on Thursday, the 

8th day of January 2009, at 1 o’clock post meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the 

Constitution and laws relating to the election of President and Vice President of the 

United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two 

tellers shall be previously appointed by the 

President of the Senate on the part of the 

Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of 

the House of Representatives, to whom shall 

be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and 

papers purporting to be certificates of the 

electoral votes, which certificates and papers 

shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in 

the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter ‘A’; and said tellers, 

having then read the same in the presence 

and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a 

list of the votes as they shall appear from 

the said certificates; and the votes having 

been ascertained and counted in the manner 

and according to the rules by law provided, 

the result of the same shall be delivered to 

the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which 

announcement shall be deemed a sufficient 

declaration of the persons, if any, elected 

President and Vice President of the United 

States, and, together with a list of the votes, 

be entered on the Journals of the two 

Houses. 

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2—EXTENDING THE LIFE 

OF THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL 

COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 

CEREMONIES 

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to: 

S. CON. RES. 2 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That effective from 

January 6, 2009, the joint committee created 

by Senate Concurrent Resolution 67 (110th 

Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration, is hereby continued with the same power and authority provided for in that resolution. SEC. 2. Effective 

from January 6, 2009, the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 68 (110th Congress), to authorize the rotunda of the 

United States Capitol to be used in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies for 

the inauguration of the President-elect and 

the Vice President-elect of the United 

States, are continued with the same power 

and authority provided for in that resolution. 

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NOTICES OF HEARINGS 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I 

would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public 

that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources. The hearing 

will be held on Thursday, January 8, 

2009, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD–366 of the 

Dirksen Senate Office Building. 

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on current energy security challenges. 

Because of the limited time available 

for the hearing, witnesses may testify 

by invitation only. However, those 

wishing to submit written testimony 

for the hearing record may do so by 

sending it to the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources, United States 

Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510–6150, or 

by e-mail to RosemarielCalabro@energy.senate.gov. 

For further information, please contact Tara Billingsley at (202) 224–4756 or 

Rosemarie Calabro at (202) 224–5039. 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I 

would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public 

that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources. The hearing 

will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 

2009, at 10 a.m., in room SD–366 of the 

Dirksen Senate Office Building. 

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nomination of Steven Chu to 

be Secretary of Energy. 

Because of the limited time available 

for the hearing, witnesses may testify 

by invitation only. However, those 

wishing to submit written testimony 

for the hearing record may do so by 

sending it to the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources, United States 

Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510–6150, or 

by e-mail to AmandalKelly@energy.senate.gov. 

For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224–7571 or 

Amanda Kelly at (202) 224–6836. 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I 

would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public 

that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources. The hearing 

will be held on Thursday, January 15, 

2009, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD–366 of the 

Dirksen Senate Office Building. 

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nomination of Ken Salazar to 

be Secretary of the Interior. 

Because of the limited time available 

for the hearing, witnesses may testify 

by invitation only. However, those 

wishing to submit written testimony 

for the hearing record may do so by 

sending it to the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources, United States 

Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510–6150, or 

by e-mail to AmandalKelly@energy.senate.gov. 

For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224–7571 or 

Amanda Kelly at (202) 224–6836. 

APPOINTMENT 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant 

to the order of the Senate of December 

11, 2008, authorizing appointments to 

be made during the recess or adjournment of the Senate, the Chair lays before the Senate an appointment made 

on December 18, 2008: 

The Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to provisions of 

Public Law 110–343, appoints the following individual as a member of the 

Congressional Oversight Panel: the 

Honorable JOHN SUNUNU, of New Hampshire vice the Honorable JUDD GREGG, 

of New Hampshire. 

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ENSURING COMPENSATION AND 

OTHER EMOLUMENTS ATTACHED 

TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY 

OF THE INTERIOR 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I 

ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S.J. Res. 3 introduced earlier 

today. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the resolution by 

title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 3) ensuring 

that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the Office of Secretary of 

the Interior are those which were in effect on 

January 1, 2005. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the joint resolution. 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I 

ask unanimous consent that the joint 

resolution be read three times and 

passed, the motions to reconsider be 

laid upon the table, and that any statements relating thereto be printed in 

the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The joint resolution was ordered to 

be engrossed for a third reading, was 

read the third time, and passed, as follows: 

S.J. RES. 3 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. COMPENSATION AND OTHER EMOLUMENTS ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE 

OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The compensation and 

other emoluments attached to the office of 

Secretary of the Interior shall be those in effect January 1, 2005, notwithstanding any increase in such compensation or emoluments 

after that date under any provision of law, or 

provision which has the force and effect of 

law, that is enacted or becomes effective 

during the period beginning at noon of January 3, 2005, and ending at noon of January 3, 

2011. 

(b) CIVIL ACTION AND APPEAL.— 

(1) JURISDICTION.—Any person aggrieved by 

an action of the Secretary of the Interior 

may bring a civil action in the United States 

District Court for the District of Columbia 

to contest the constitutionality of the appointment and continuance in office of the 

Secretary of the Interior on the ground that 

such appointment and continuance in office 

is in violation of article I, section 6, clause 2, 


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