A concurrent resolution providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center in connection with memorial services to be conducted in the rotunda of the Capitol for the Honorable Harry Mason Reid, Jr., a Senator from the State of Nevada.
Summary
This resolution authorized the use of the historic catafalque—the wooden platform used to support a casket—for the memorial services of the late Senator Harry Reid. It directed the Architect of the Capitol to move the platform from its location in the Capitol Visitor Center to the Rotunda for the ceremony. While this measure was a procedural step for a specific memorial event and did not change federal law or impact public policy, it facilitated the official lying-in-state ceremony held to honor the former Senate Majority Leader’s decades of public service.
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