[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 27 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 27

  Designating the month of June 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the 
  Marshall Plan, as George C. Marshall month, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 23, 1997

 Mr. Warner introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Designating the month of June 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the 
  Marshall Plan, as George C. Marshall month, and for other purposes.

Whereas 1997 marks the fiftieth year since the European Recovery Program, or 
        what came to be called the Marshall Plan, was first conceived and 
        proclaimed by General George Catlett Marshall while he was serving as 
        Secretary of State of the United States;
Whereas the Marshall Plan has been hailed by leaders of World War II allied and 
        enemy countries alike as the most magnanimous act by Americans in 
        history;
Whereas the Marshall Plan made possible new measures of trans-Atlantic 
        cooperation through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other 
        institutions;
Whereas these institutional developments have profoundly enhanced the security, 
        freedom, and prosperity of the United States and the Atlantic Community 
        generally;
Whereas new challenges have arisen which call for recommitment to and 
        reinvigoration of these institutions and for their continued viability;
Whereas creative thought and rededication to the ideals and principles 
        undergirding the Marshall Plan are now necessary in order to assure the 
        preservation and perfection of these institutions; and
Whereas the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan provides a 
        fitting opportunity for rededication of commitments to these 
        institutions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That--
            (1) Congress acknowledges the magnanimity underlying the 
        Marshall Plan, the dedication to public service and integrity 
        of its author, and the efforts by the Marshall Foundation in 
        Lexington, Virginia, the Marshall International Center in 
        Leesburg, Virginia, and the Friends of Marshall, Uniontown, 
        Pennsylvania, to continue in American life the values for which 
        General George Catlett Marshall stood;
            (2) Congress calls upon all Americans to rededicate 
        themselves to the ideals of public service, hard work, 
        integrity, and compassion which General Marshall represents to 
        this day in American society; and
            (3) Congress believes the values that inspired the 
        initiation of the Marshall Plan should continue to be cherished 
        by the people of the United States.
    Sec. 2. (a) The month of June 1997 is designated as ``George C. 
Marshall Month''.
    (b) The President is authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
George C. Marshall Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
activities.
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