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This concurrent resolution authorizes the Capitol rotunda to be used for the lying in state of the remains of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. The lying in state shall take place from January 7, 2025, until January 9, 2025.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. Con. Res. 3 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.3
                                       Agreed to January 3, 2025        

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five


                          Concurrent Resolution

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. HONORING JAMES EARL CARTER, JR.

    (a) Lying in State in Rotunda.--In recognition of the long and 
distinguished service rendered to the Nation and to the world by the 
late James Earl Carter, Jr., the 39th President of the United States, 
his remains shall be permitted to lie in state in the rotunda of the 
Capitol from January 7, 2025 until January 9, 2025. The Architect of 
the Capitol, under the direction of the Majority Leader of the Senate 
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall take all 
necessary steps for the accomplishment of that purpose.
    (b) Use of Catafalque.--The Architect of the Capitol is authorized 
and directed to transfer the catafalque which is situated in the 
Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center to the rotunda of the 
Capitol so that such catafalque may be used in connection with services 
to be conducted there for the late James Earl Carter, Jr., 39th 
President of the United States.
Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.