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        H.J. Res. 198

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                            Joint Resolution


 
  Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One 
 Hundred Fifth Congress and the day for the counting in Congress of the 
 electoral votes for President and Vice President cast in December 1996.

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

SECTION 1. DATE FOR CONVENING OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS.

    The first regular session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress shall 
begin at noon on Tuesday, January 7, 1997.

SEC. 2. DATE FOR COUNTING 1996 ELECTORAL VOTES IN CONGRESS.

    The meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to be held 
in January 1997 pursuant to section 15 of title 3, United States Code, 
to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by 
the electors in December 1996 shall be held on January 9, 1997 (rather 
than on the date specified in the first sentence of that section).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.