[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 215 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 215

 To make ``America, the Beautiful'' the national anthem of the United 
                           States of America.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make ``America, the Beautiful'' the national anthem of the United 
                           States of America.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act entitled ``An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the 
national anthem of the United States of America'', approved March 3, 
1931 (46 Stat. 1508; 36 U.S.C. 170), is amended by striking out all 
after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
``That the composition known as `America, the Beautiful', which 
consists of the poem entitled `America, the Beautiful' written by 
Katherine Lee Bates and the music entitled `Materna' composed by Samuel 
Ward, is designated the national anthem of the United States of 
America.''.
    Sec. 2. The title of such Act is amended by striking out ``The 
Star-Spangled Banner'' and inserting in lieu thereof ```America, the 
Beautiful'''.

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