[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 76 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.76
                                       Agreed to October 4, 2004        

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas, in 1945, American soldiers and other Allied forces, defeated 
  Nazi Germany, ending World War II in Europe and the systematic murder 
  of Europe's Jews and other targeted groups;
Whereas, 6,000,000 Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and after 
  World War II hundreds of thousands of survivors immigrated to the 
  United States, where in spite of their enormous suffering, they 
  rebuilt their lives, and embraced and enriched their adopted 
  homeland;
Whereas, in 1978, President Jimmy Carter created the President's 
  Commission on the Holocaust to make a recommendation regarding ``the 
  establishment . . . of an appropriate memorial to those who perished 
  in the Holocaust'';
Whereas, President Carter said: ``Out of our memory . . . of the 
  Holocaust we must forge an unshakable oath with all civilized people 
  that never again will the world stand silent, never again will the 
  world . . . fail to act in time to prevent this terrible crime of 
  genocide. . . . [W]e must harness the outrage of our own memories to 
  stamp out oppression wherever it exists. We must understand that 
  human rights and human dignity are indivisible.'';
Whereas, in 1979, the Commission recommended ``a living memorial that 
  will speak not only of the victims' deaths but of their lives, a 
  memorial that can transform the living by transmitting the legacy of 
  the Holocaust'';
Whereas, in 1980, the United States Congress unanimously passed 
  legislation authorizing the creation of the United States Holocaust 
  Memorial Museum as a ``permanent living memorial'' on Federal land in 
  the Nation's Capital;
Whereas, in 1983, Vice President George Bush designated the Federal 
  land on which the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum would be 
  built;
Whereas, Vice President Bush said: ``Here we will learn that each of us 
  bears responsibility for our actions and our failure to act. Here we 
  will learn that we must intervene when we see evil arise. Here we 
  will learn more about the moral compass by which we navigate our 
  lives and by which countries navigate the future.'';
Whereas, in 1985, Holocaust survivors participated in the 
  groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future United States 
  Holocaust Memorial Museum;
Whereas, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan dedicated the cornerstone of 
  the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;
Whereas, President Reagan said: ``We who did not go their way owe them 
  this: We must make sure that their deaths have posthumous meaning. We 
  must make sure that from now until the end of days all humankind 
  stares this evil in the face . . . and only then can we be sure it 
  will never arise again.'';
Whereas, in 1992, replicas of 2 of the milk cans that hid the Oneg 
  Shabbat archive under the Warsaw Ghetto were buried beneath the 
  Museum's Hall of Remembrance, with a Scroll of Remembrance signed by 
  Holocaust survivors;
Whereas, in 1993, President Bill Clinton opened the United States 
  Holocaust Memorial Museum;
Whereas, President Clinton said: ``[T]his museum will touch the life of 
  everyone who enters and leave everyone forever changed; a place of 
  deep sadness and a sanctuary of bright hope; an ally of education 
  against ignorance, of humility against arrogance, an investment in a 
  secure future against whatever insanity lurks ahead. If this museum 
  can mobilize morality, then those who have perished will thereby gain 
  a measure of immortality.'';
Whereas, in 2001, President George W. Bush delivered the keynote 
  address at the first Days of Remembrance ceremony after he assumed 
  office.
Whereas, President Bush said: ``When we remember the Holocaust and to 
  whom it happened, we must also remember where it happened . . . The 
  orders came from men who . . . had all the outward traits of cultured 
  men, except for conscience. Their crimes showed the world that evil 
  can slip in, and blend in, even amid the most civilized surroundings. 
  In the end, only conscience can stop it. And moral discernment, 
  decency, tolerance--these can never be assumed in any time, or any 
  society. They must always be taught.'';
Whereas, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has had more than 
  19,000,000 visitors in the first 10 years of its existence;
Whereas, in 2003, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, on the 
  occasion of its 10th Anniversary, wishes to pay tribute to America's 
  Holocaust survivors, who worked tirelessly to help build the Museum 
  and whose committed support and involvement continue to make the 
  institution such an extraordinary memorial and a vital part of life 
  in the United States; and
Whereas, the United States Holocaust Museum has a sacred obligation to 
  preserve and transmit the history and lessons of the Holocaust and, 
  together with the Holocaust survivors, must ensure that the legacy of 
  the survivors is passed on to each new generation: Now, therefore, be 
  it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
        (1) recognizes that November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to ``A 
    Tribute to Survivors'' at the United States Holocaust Memorial 
    Museum and shall be devoted to honoring our Nation's Holocaust 
    survivors, as well as their liberators and rescuers, and their 
    families;
        (2) recognizes that on that day, the United States Holocaust 
    Memorial Museum shall be devoted in its entirety to special 
    programs about and for the survivors of the Holocaust;
        (3) commends the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for 
    its first decade of education dedicated to the memory of the 
    victims of the Holocaust;
        (4) endeavors to continue to support the vital work of the 
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and
        (5) requests that this resolution shall be duly recorded in the 
    official records of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.

  Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.