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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAR. 1, 2005

time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first. SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. Agreed to February 17, 2005.

JACKIE ROBINSON, POSTHUMOUS CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL—CAPITOL ROTUNDA AUTHORIZATION

Mar. 1, 2005 [H. Con. Res. 79]

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the rotunda of the Capitol is authorized to be used on March 2, 2005, for a ceremony to award a Congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation. Physical preparations for the ceremony shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe. Agreed to March 1, 2005.

Mar. 2, 2005 [H. Con. Res. 5]

SARAH WINNEMUCCA STATUE—PLACEMENT IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL Whereas Sarah Winnemucca was the daughter of Chief Winnemucca and the granddaughter of the redoubtable Chief Truckee of the Northern Paiute Tribe who led John C. Fremont and his men across the Great Basin to California; Whereas Sarah, before her 14th birthday, had acquired five languages, including three Indian dialects, Spanish, and English, and was one of only two Northern Paiutes in Nevada at the time who was able to read, write, and speak English; Whereas Sarah was an intelligent and respected woman who served as an interpreter for the United States Army and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and served as an aide, scout, peacemaker, and interpreter for General Oliver O. Howard during the Bannock War of 1878, in Idaho; Whereas, in 1883, Sarah published Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, the first book written and published by a Native American woman; Whereas Sarah became a tireless spokeswoman for the Northern Paiute Tribe and in 1879, gave more than 300 speeches throughout the United States concerning the plight of her people; Whereas Sarah established a nongovernmental school for Paiute children near Lovelock, Nevada, which operated for three years

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