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| | B-288581, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, November 19, 2001 |
 | | For example, the second session of the 100th Congress expired on October 22, 1988, pursuant to the concurrent resolution adjourning the Congress sine die: “Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the House and Senate adjourn on Saturday, October 22, 1988, they stand adjourned sine die.” H.R. Con. |
 | | One is to conclude that the holdover term expires upon the date the Congress adjourns sine die, despite the inclusion of recall authority in the concurrent resolution. |
 | | We conclude, therefore, that the better interpretation of the phrase, “expiration of the next session of Congress,” when viewed in the context of an adjournment sine die with recall authority, is the date of adjournment sine die that Congress specified in the concurrent resolution. |
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