[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 139 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 139

    Expressing the sense of the Congress that the George Washington 
University is important to the Nation and urging that the importance of 
the University be recognized and celebrated through regular ceremonies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 1996

 Mr. Stearns submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Congress that the George Washington 
University is important to the Nation and urging that the importance of 
the University be recognized and celebrated through regular ceremonies.

Whereas on February 9, 1821, Congress chartered Columbian College, which was 
        renamed the George Washington University (referred to in this resolution 
        as the ``University'') in 1904;
Whereas President James Monroe signed the University's charter;
Whereas Congress adjourned and joined President Monroe for the University's 
        first commencement exercises;
Whereas in 1825 the University opened a College of Medicine;
Whereas the University has made and continues to make exceptional contributions 
        to the health of the public, including the historic use the University's 
        medical facilities as a military hospital during the Civil War;
Whereas the University continues to provide medical treatment to the people of 
        the Nation ranging from presidents and members of Congress to indigent 
        and homeless individuals;
Whereas the University has, in the past 175 years, contributed to the 
        educational, cultural, and political enrichment of the Nation through 
        synergistic associations with the Federal Government;
Whereas the University is the largest institution of higher education in the 
        Nation's capital, and provides educational services to more than 19,000 
        undergraduate, graduate, and professional students each year; and
Whereas the University has rendered and continues to render exemplary service to 
        the Nation through the achievement of the University's educational 
        mission, with distinguished alumni holding prominent positions in 
        business, law, government, medicine, and the arts and sciences: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the George Washington University has been and continues 
        to be of exceptional importance to the Nation; and
            (2) the importance of the George Washington University 
        should be recognized and celebrated through regular ceremonies.
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