[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 717 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                    September 13, 2004.
Whereas former President William Jefferson Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, 
        on August 19, 1946;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton attended Georgetown University as an 
        undergraduate and received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton received a law degree from Yale University in 
        1973;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton established a record of public service as 
        Attorney General of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas, and Chairman of the 
        National Governors Association;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton campaigned for and won the Democratic 
        nomination for President in 1992;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton was elected the 42d President of the United 
        States in 1992 and was reelected for a second term in 1996;
Whereas during William Jefferson Clinton's time in office the United States 
        experienced 8 years of economic expansion, job growth, and the 
        transformation of a budget deficit into a budget surplus;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton rallied the members of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization to put an end to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and 
        to depose the murderous regime of Slobodan Milosevic, actions which 
        eventually led to the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton played a major role in the Good Friday Peace 
        Accords which finally brought peace to war-torn Northern Ireland; and
Whereas, in the words of President George W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton 
        ``showed a deep and far-ranging knowledge of public policy, a great 
        compassion for people in need, and the forward-looking spirit the 
        Americans like in a President'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors former President William 
Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of his 58th birthday on August 19, 2004, and 
extends best wishes to him and his family.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.