[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 191 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 191

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Brooklyn Museum of Art should 
   not receive Federal funds unless it cancels its upcoming exhibit 
               featuring works of a sacrilegious nature.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 1999

    Mr. Sweeney (for himself, Mr. Fossella, Mr. King, Mr. Taylor of 
Mississippi, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Largent, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
 DeLay, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Saxton, 
   Mr. Armey, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
Fletcher, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
 Ney, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Goss, Mr. Tancredo, 
Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Wamp, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
 Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Crane, Mr. Coble, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Lucas 
of Oklahoma, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Shows, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Hall 
    of Texas, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Talent, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
  Hostettler, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Condit, Mr. Pickering, and Mr. 
  Smith of New Jersey) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Brooklyn Museum of Art should 
   not receive Federal funds unless it cancels its upcoming exhibit 
               featuring works of a sacrilegious nature.

Whereas on October 2, 1999, the Brooklyn Museum of Art will open an exhibit 
        entitled ``Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi 
        Collection'';
Whereas this art exhibit features a desecrated image of the Virgin Mary;
Whereas the venerable John Cardinal O'Connor considers the exhibit an attack on 
        the Catholic faith, and is an affront to more than a billion Catholics 
        worldwide;
Whereas the exhibit includes works which are grotesque, immoral, and 
        sacrilegious, such as one that glorifies criminal behavior with a 
        portrait of a convicted child murderer fashioned from small hand prints;
Whereas the Brooklyn Museum of Art's advertisement acknowledges that the exhibit 
        ``may cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic, euphoria, and anxiety'';
Whereas the Brooklyn Museum of Art refuses to stop the opening of the exhibit, 
        despite strong public opposition to the show from religious leaders, 
        government officials, and the general population;
Whereas the American taxpayer, through the National Endowment for the Arts and 
        the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides funding to the 
        Brooklyn Museum of Art; and
Whereas the American taxpayer should not be required to subsidize art that 
        desecrates religion and religious beliefs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the Brooklyn Museum of Art should 
not receive Federal funds unless it cancels its upcoming exhibit 
featuring works of a sacrilegious nature.
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