[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 37 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.37
                                        Agreed to April 28, 1998        

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated is a nonprofit membership 
  organization, chartered by the Congress of the United States in 1964 
  to promote, develop, supervise, and assist youth worldwide in 
  participation in Little League baseball and to instill in youth the 
  spirit and competitive will to win, values of team play, and 
  healthful association with other youth under proper leadership;
Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated has chartered more than 
  18,000 local Little League baseball or softball leagues in 85 
  countries, across 6 continents, through which more than 198,000 teams 
  and 3,000,000 youth worldwide come together in healthy competition, 
  learning the value of teamwork, individual responsibility, and 
  respect for others;
Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated provides administrative and 
  other services, including financial assistance from time to time, to 
  such leagues without any obligation to reimburse Little League 
  Baseball Incorporated;
Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated has established a United 
  States foundation for the advancement and support of Little League 
  baseball in the United States and around the world, and has also 
  created in Poland through its representative, Dr. Creighton Hale, the 
  Poland Little League Baseball Foundation for the construction of 
  Little League baseball facilities and playing fields, in which youth 
  may participate worldwide in international competitions, and is 
  providing all the funds for such construction;
Whereas the efforts of Little League Baseball Incorporated are 
  supported by millions of volunteers worldwide, as parents, league 
  officials, managers, coaches, and auxiliary members and countless 
  volunteer agencies, including sponsors, all of whom give their time 
  and effort without remuneration, in service to others, to advance the 
  goals of Little League Baseball Incorporated and thereby assist the 
  economic transformation of societies worldwide, the improvement in 
  the quality of life of all citizens and the promotion of a civil 
  international community; and
Whereas, as demonstrated by the success of its efforts worldwide, 
  Little League Baseball Incorporated is the largest nongovernmental 
  international youth sports organization in the world and continues to 
  grow: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That (a) it is the sense of the Congress that Little League Baseball 
Incorporated is international in character and has engendered 
international goodwill through its worldwide activities, particularly 
among the youth of the world.
    (b) The Congress reaffirms that Little League Baseball Incorporated 
was established to support and develop Little League baseball 
worldwide, through the chartering of local leagues and the provision of 
assistance to such local leagues, through the creation or location of 
facilities in other countries, and the provision of other support as 
appropriate, including financial support, without right of 
reimbursement or repayment.
    (c) The Congress calls upon the parliamentary bodies and government 
officials of other nations, particularly those that participate in 
Little League baseball, to recognize and celebrate the international 
character of Little League baseball.
  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.

  Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.