[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 376 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.376
                                      Agreed to October 19, 2000        

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas our rights and liberties are rooted in the cherished documents 
  that gave birth to our nation, those being the Declaration of 
  Independence and the United States Constitution with its Bill of 
  Rights;

Whereas the patriot James Madison, fourth President of the United 
  States, was the major author of the Virginia Plan, the model and the 
  basis for that United States Constitution that emerged from the 
  Constitutional Convention in 1787;

Whereas James Madison kept detailed written records of the debates and 
  compromises that were in integral part of that Convention of 1787, 
  which records were published only after the death of all delegates to 
  the Convention;

Whereas James Madison wrote many of the newspaper articles now known as 
  the Federalist Papers, outlining why States should endorse the new 
  Constitution and enduring as some of the best arguments for our form 
  of government;

Whereas James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights into the 1st 
  Congress of the United States, whereupon the first ten amendments to 
  the Constitution were adopted; and

Whereas it is altogether fitting that the 16th day of March, the 
  birthday of the distinguished founding father, James Madison, would 
  serve as a fitting reminder of Liberty Day, a celebration of the 
  Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, where 
  our unalienable rights and liberties are enumerated: Now, therefore, 
  be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) a Liberty Day should be celebrated each year in the United 
    States as a remembrance of both the freedom that Americans were 
    given in the Declaration of Independence and the extraordinary 
    rights and liberties that Americans were given in their 
    Constitution; and
        (2) all elected and previously-elected representatives of the 
    people who voluntarily give of their time to speak to Americans 
    about those founding documents, in furtherance of that remembrance 
    of our freedom, our rights and our liberties, deserve our thanks.
  Attest:

                          Jeff Trandahl,

                                                                       
                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.
              By

                                                                       
                                                          Deputy Clerk.

  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.