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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. CON. RES. 1
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives
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concurring), That the two Houses of Congress shall meet
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in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednes-
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day, the 6th day of January 2021, at 1 0’clock post merid-
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ian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and
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laws relating to the election of President and Vice Presi-
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dent of the United States, and the President of the Senate
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shall be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall be
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previously appointed by the President of the Senate on
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the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the
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part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be
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handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate,
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all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates
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of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall
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be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical
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order of the States, beginning with the letter ‘‘A’’; and
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said tellers, having then read the same in the presence
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and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the
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votes as they shall appear from said certificates; and the
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votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner
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and according to the rules by law provided, the result of
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the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate,
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who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which
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announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of
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the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President
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of the United States, and together with a list of the votes,
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be entered on the Journals of the two Houses.
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Passed the Senate January 3, 2021.
Attest:
Secretary.
117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. CON. RES. 1
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To provide for the counting on January 6, 2021, of
the electoral votes for President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States.