[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 118

Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a matter of economic and 
  national security, the United States Government should protect and 
                    support United States currency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2006

  Mr. Coburn submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a matter of economic and 
  national security, the United States Government should protect and 
                    support United States currency.

Whereas the United States dollar, as the world's reserve currency, is one of our 
        country's greatest assets;
Whereas the strength and integrity of the United States dollar provides the 
        United States with economic stability and national security;
Whereas any threat or change to the status of the dollar as a world reserve 
        currency would be costly to the United States Treasury and could cause 
        national economic instability;
Whereas international counterfeiting of the dollar is on the rise and currency 
        counterfeiting has reportedly been used to finance rogue governments and 
        terrorism;
Whereas on January 26, 2006, President Bush made a strong commitment to protect 
        the currency of the United States from counterfeiting by the North 
        Korean regime or any other adversarial regime or organization; and
Whereas every dollar issued by the United States Government is meant to be 
        representative of the strength and solidarity of this great nation: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that, as a matter of economic and 
national security, the United States Government should provide the 
currency of the United States with the protection and support necessary 
to defend its integrity throughout the world, effectively deter 
counterfeiting, and preserve the status of the dollar as the world's 
reserve currency.
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