[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 122 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 122

      Declaring September 26, 1997, as ``Austrian-American Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 1997

    Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Ashcroft, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, 
   Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Burns, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
Chafee, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Coats, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coverdell, 
    Mr. Craig, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Daschle, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Ford, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Hutchinson, 
 Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
 Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
McConnell, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nickles, 
    Mr. Reed, Mr. Robb, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Roth, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
 Stevens, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Wellstone) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Declaring September 26, 1997, as ``Austrian-American Day''.

Whereas 1997 marks the 50th anniversary of General George C. Marshall's plan for 
        assisting the free countries of Europe in their post-World War II 
        rebuilding process;
Whereas on September 26, 1945, upon the insistence of the United States, a 
        conference was held in Vienna by the Allies and the 9 Austrian Federal 
        State Governors, that laid the foundation for the first post-war 
        Austrian government recognized by the United States and the other Allied 
        Forces;
Whereas this treaty saved Austria from being divided into an East and West, as 
        in Germany;
Whereas Austrians are thankful for the generosity demonstrated by the citizens 
        and the Government of the United States after World War II;
Whereas Austrian-Americans have made important contributions to the American way 
        of life as well as in industry, education, culture, and the arts and 
        sciences; and
Whereas Austrian born Americans, or Americans of Austrian descent, have brought 
        prestige and recognition to the United States as Nobel laureates in 
        medicine, economics, and the sciences: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) declares September 26, 1997, as ``Austrian-American 
        Day''; and
            (2) authorizes and requests the President to commend this 
        observance to the citizens of the United States in honor of 
        this momentous occasion.
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