To memorialize and honor the contribution of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

States that the United States, acting through Congress, authorizes and directs the Curator of the Supreme Court, subject to the direction and approval of the Chief Justice, to procure a marble bust, including pedestal, of the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and to cause them to be placed in the Supreme Court building to honor his memory and legacy to the Supreme Court. Authorizes appropriations.

[109th Congress Public Law 223]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


[DOCID: f:publ223.109]

[[Page 120 STAT. 374]]

Public Law 109-223
109th Congress

                            Joint Resolution


 
 To memorialize and honor the contribution of Chief Justice William H. 
          Rehnquist. <<NOTE: May 18, 2006 -  [H.J. Res. 83]>> 

Whereas President Richard M. Nixon nominated William H. Rehnquist to 
    replace Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan on the Supreme Court 
    on October 21, 1971, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on 
    December 10, 1971, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme 
    Court of the United States from January 1972 through September 1986;

Whereas President Ronald W. Reagan nominated Associate Justice William 
    H. Rehnquist to replace Chief Justice Warren E. Burger as the 
    Sixteenth Chief Justice of the United States on June 20, 1986, and 
    he was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 17, 1986;

Whereas William Rehnquist presided as Chief Justice from September 1986 
    until September 2005 for a total of 19 years, making him the fourth-
    longest-serving Chief Justice after Melville W. Fuller, Roger B. 
    Taney, and John Marshall, and the longest-serving Chief Justice who 
    had previously served as an Associate Justice;

Whereas Chief Justice Rehnquist ably presided as chief administrator of 
    the United States courts to insure the due administration of justice 
    during times of rising caseloads and fiscal constraints;

Whereas Chief Justice Rehnquist was respected for his intellect, 
    fairness, and humor by his fellow Justices and by members of the 
    other branches of government; and

Whereas despite the debilitating effects of thyroid cancer, Chief 
    Justice Rehnquist continued his service to the court and the 
    country, and administered the oath of office to President George W. 
    Bush at his second inauguration on January 20, 2005: Now, therefore, 
    be it

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

SECTION 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HONOR.

     <<NOTE: Supreme Court.>> The United States, acting through 
Congress, authorizes and directs the Curator of the Supreme Court, 
subject to the direction and approval of the Chief Justice of the United 
States, to procure a marble bust, including pedestal, of the late Chief 
Justice William H. Rehnquist, and to cause them to be placed in the 
Supreme Court building to honor his memory and legacy to the Supreme 
Court of the United States.

[[Page 120 STAT. 375]]

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000 to carry out this 
Act.

    Approved May 18, 2006.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 83:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
            Apr. 25, considered and passed House.
            May 4, considered and passed Senate.

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