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[H.J. Res. 191 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H. J.Res.191

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                            Joint Resolution


 
  To confer honorary citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha 
                 Bojaxhiu, also known as Mother Teresa.

Whereas the United States has conferred honorary citizenship on only 
  three occasions in its more than two hundred years, and honorary 
  citizenship is and should remain an extraordinary honor not lightly 
  conferred nor frequently granted;
Whereas Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known throughout the world as 
  Mother Teresa, has worked tirelessly with orphaned and abandoned 
  children, the poor, the sick, and the dying;
Whereas Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, and 
  has taken in those who have been rejected as ``unacceptable'' and 
  cared for them when no one else would, regardless of race, color, 
  creed, or condition;
Whereas Mother Teresa has deservedly received numerous honors, 
  including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and the 1985 Presidential Medal 
  of Freedom;
Whereas Mother Teresa has worked in areas all over the world, including 
  the United States, to provide comfort to the world's neediest; and
Whereas Mother Teresa through her Missionaries of Charity has 
  established within the United States numerous soup kitchens, 
  emergency shelters for women, shelters for unwed mothers, shelters 
  for men, after-school and summer camp programs for children, homes 
  for the dying, prison ministry, nursing homes, and hospital and shut-
  in ministry: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, 
also known as Mother Teresa, is proclaimed to be an honorary citizen of 
the United States of America.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.