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Extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. 1. Reauthorization of Joint Committee Effective from January 3, 2017, the joint committee created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 28 (114th Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, is continued with the same power and authority provided for in that resolution. 2. Use of Capitol Effective from January 3, 2017, the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 29 (114th Congress), to authorize the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted 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.

Summary: Declares that: (1) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created by S.Con.Res. 28 (114th Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, is continued with the same power and authority provided for in such resolution; and (2) the provisions of S.Con.Res. 29 (114th Congress), to authorize the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol to be used in connection with such proceedings and ceremonies, are continued with the same power and authority provided for in such resolution.
Extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. 1. Reauthorization of Joint Committee Effective from January 3, 2017, the joint committee created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 28 (114th Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, is continued with the same power and authority provided for in that resolution. 2. Use of Capitol Effective from January 3, 2017, the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 29 (114th Congress), to authorize the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted 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. Passed the Senate January 3, 2017. Secretary

Summary: Declares that: (1) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created by S.Con.Res. 28 (114th Congress), to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, is continued with the same power and authority provided for in such resolution; and (2) the provisions of S.Con.Res. 29 (114th Congress), to authorize the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol to be used in connection with such proceedings and ceremonies, are continued with the same power and authority provided for in such resolution.
Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017

Expressing the sense of Congress on the use of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program and the Department of Defense Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain personnel with cyber skills and abilities for the Department of Defense. 1. Short title This concurrent resolution may be cited as the Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017 2. Sense of Congress on use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program and Department of Defense Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain personnel with cyber skills and abilities for the Department of Defense It is the sense of Congress thatâ€” (1) the Department of Defense should fully use the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program (IPAMP) and the Department of Defense Information Technology Exchange Program (ITEP) to obtain cyber personnel across the Government by leveraging cyber capabilities found at the State and local government level and in the private sector in order to meet the needs of the Department for cybersecurity professionals; and (2) the Department should implement at the earliest practicable date a strategy that includes policies and plans to fully use such programs to obtain such personnel for the Department.

Summary: Whole of Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017 Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) should fully use the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program and the DOD Information Technology Exchange Program to obtain cyber personnel across the government by leveraging cyber capabilities found at the state and local government level and in the private sector in order to meet the needs of DOD for cybersecurity professionals, and (2) DOD should implement at the earliest practicable date a strategy that includes policies and plans to fully use such programs to obtain such personnel for DOD.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II. 1. Use of emancipation hall for ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on October 25, 2017 for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol.

Summary: Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on October 25, 2017, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II. 1. Use of emancipation hall for ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on October 25, 2017 for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol. Passed the Senate September 6, 2017. Secretary

Summary: Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on October 25, 2017, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II. 1. Use of emancipation hall for ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on October 25, 2017 for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol. Passed the Senate September 6, 2017. Julie E. Adams, Secretary

Summary: Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on October 25, 2017, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated military service.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor. 1. Use of Emancipation Hall for unveiling of American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used for an event on November 8, 2017, to unveil the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol.

Summary: (Sec. 1) Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor. 1. Use of Emancipation Hall for unveiling of American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used for an event on November 8, 2017, to unveil the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol. Passed the Senate October 16, 2017. Secretary

Summary: (Sec. 1) Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Chair of Honor.
Providing for a correction in the enrollment of S. 782.

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of S. 782. That in the enrollment of the bill S. 782, the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following corrections: (1) In section 2, strike 42 U.S.C. 17601 et seq. 34 U.S.C. 21101 et seq. (2) In section 2, strike 42 U.S.C. 17617(a)(10) 34 U.S.C. 21117(a)(10)

Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make specified technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 782 (PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017).
Providing for a correction in the enrollment of S. 782.

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of S. 782. That in the enrollment of the bill S. 782, the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following corrections: (1) In section 2, strike 42 U.S.C. 17601 et seq. 34 U.S.C. 21101 et seq. (2) In section 2, strike 42 U.S.C. 17617(a)(10) 34 U.S.C. 21117(a)(10) Passed the Senate October 26, 2017. Secretary

Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make specified technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 782 (PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017).
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Whereas the Jewish people have had a homeland in modern-day Israel for more than 3,000 years; Whereas, on November 2, 1917, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Walter Rothschild, to be declared to the Zionist Federation, a letter declaring, on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom, support for a home for the Jewish people in the former Ottoman district of Palestine; Whereas this letter, known as the Balfour Declaration, was ratified into international law by the League of Nations on July 24, 1922; Whereas, on September 21, 1922, President Warren G. Harding signed House Joint Resolution 322, after unanimous support from the House of Representatives and the Senate, favoring the establishment, in the former Ottoman district of Palestine, of a national home for the Jewish people; Whereas the Balfour Declaration clearly recognized and sought to uphold the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country Whereas the Balfour Declaration was a significant part of the chain of events that led to the establishment of the modern State of Israel on May 14, 1948: Now, therefore, be it That Congressâ€” (1) commemorates the centenary of the Balfour Declaration; (2) affirms its commitment to maintaining the strongest of bilateral ties with the State of Israel; and (3) recognizes the importance of the establishment of the modern State of Israel as a secure and democratic homeland for the Jewish people.

Summary: Commemorates the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. Affirms the Senate's commitment to maintaining the strongest of bilateral ties with Israel. Recognizes the importance of Israel's establishment as a secure and democratic homeland for the Jewish people.
To provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

To provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Friday, the 6th day of January 2017, at 1 oâ€™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

Summary: Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
To provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

To provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Friday, the 6th day of January 2017, 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 â€œAâ€; 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 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. Passed the Senate January 3, 2017. Secretary

Summary: Provides for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.

Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole. 1. Use of the rotunda of the Capitol for ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole (a) Authorization The rotunda of the Capitol is authorized to be used on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol.

Summary: Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.

Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole. 1. Use of the rotunda of the Capitol for ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole (a) Authorization The rotunda of the Capitol is authorized to be used on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol. Passed the Senate December 20 (legislative day, December 19), 2017. Secretary

Summary: Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on January 17, 2018, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole.
Recognizing the rich history, heritage, and strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese population residing in the United States.

Recognizing the rich history, heritage, and strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese population residing in the United States. Whereas the Republic of the Marshall Islandsâ€” (1) is a sovereign country in free association with the United States under the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (referred to in this preamble as the Compact Public Law 108â€“188 (A) is set to expire in 2023; and (B) authorizes economic assistance, through Federal grants and programs, to persons in the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (2) has full authority and responsibility over security and defense matters relating to the Republic of the Marshall Islands; Whereas, under the Compact, eligible citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands may reside, work, and study in the United States without a visa and may serve in the Armed Forces of the United States; Whereas an estimated 1/3 Whereas Marshallese individuals who live in the United Statesâ€” (1) offer positive economic and cultural benefits to the communities in which those individuals live; (2) pay Federal and State taxes but are not eligible for benefits underâ€” (A) the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 (B) the Medicaid program established under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 (3) were undercounted in the 2010 census and, as a result, areas where those individuals live are underserved by the Federal Government: Now, therefore, be it That Congressâ€” (1) commendsâ€” (A) the rich history and heritage of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (B) citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands who live in the United States for the contributions of those individuals toâ€” (i) the communities in which those individuals live; and (ii) the national defense of the United States through their service in the Armed Forces of the United States; (2) recognizesâ€” (A) the strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (B) the importance of the upcoming renegotiation of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (3) encourages a continued commitment to improve census data to better serve citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands who live in the United States.

Summary: Recognizes the strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the importance of the renegotiation of the Compact of Free Association with the United States and encourages a continued commitment to improve census data to better serve citizens of the republic living in the United States.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the members of the Office of Strategic Services.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the members of the Office of Strategic Services. 1. Use of emancipation hall for ceremony to present the congressional gold medal to the office of strategic services (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on March 21, 2018, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II. (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol.

Summary: (Sec. 1) Authorizes Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center to be used on March 21, 2018, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services, in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.