[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. Res. 443 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 443

  Relative to the death of Francis R. Valeo, former Secretary of the 
                                Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2006

     Mr. Frist (for himself and Mr. Reid) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Relative to the death of Francis R. Valeo, former Secretary of the 
                                Senate.

Whereas Francis R. (Frank) Valeo served with distinction as chief of the Foreign 
        Affairs Division of the Legislative Reference Service and specialist in 
        the Far East, before beginning his service to the United States Senate 
        in 1952 on the staff of the Committee on Foreign Relations;
Whereas Frank Valeo in 1958 became foreign policy advisor and assistant to the 
        Majority Whip, Senator Mike Mansfield, and then served as Majority 
        Secretary from 1963 to 1966;
Whereas Frank Valeo served as Secretary of the Senate from 1966 to 1977;
Whereas Frank Valeo accompanied many United States Senators on missions to all 
        parts of the globe, assisted the Majority Leader in regularly reporting 
        on conditions in Southeast Asia, and was part of the first congressional 
        delegation to visit the People's Republic of China in 1972;
Whereas Frank Valeo represented the United States Senate on the Federal Election 
        Commission from 1974 to 1977, and in that role participated in the 1976 
        landmark Supreme Court decision of Buckley v. Valeo;
Whereas Frank Valeo helped to modernize and set professional standards for 
        service in the diverse offices that report to the Secretary of the 
        Senate, and served as a member of the Commission on the Operation of the 
        Senate, from 1975 to 1976, where he helped craft its proposals for 
        structural and technological reforms in Senate operations;
Whereas Frank Valeo faithfully discharged the difficult duties and 
        responsibilities of a wide variety of important and demanding positions 
        in public life with honesty, integrity, loyalty, and humanity; and
Whereas Frank Valeo's clear understanding and appreciation of the challenges 
        facing the Nation have left his mark on those many areas of public life: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That (a) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and 
deep regret the announcement of the death of Frank Valeo.
     (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall communicate these 
resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled 
copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
    (c) When the Senate adjourns today, it shall stand adjourned as a 
further mark of respect to the memory of Frank Valeo.
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