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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1--TO PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTING ON JANUARY 
6, 2021, OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                             UNITED STATES

  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 Wednesday, the 
     6th day of January 2021, 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 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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