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[S. Con. Res. 37 Referred in House (RFH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 37


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 1997

          Referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Concurrent Resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Little 
  League Baseball Incorporated was established to support and develop 
 Little League baseball worldwide and that its international character 
                  and activities should be recognized.

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.

            Passed the Senate October 29, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.