[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 249 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 249

  Recognizing Hostelling International USA for 75 years of service to 
            intercultural understanding and to youth travel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2007

 Mr. Delahunt submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing Hostelling International USA for 75 years of service to 
            intercultural understanding and to youth travel.

Whereas travel promotes awareness and knowledge of peoples, places, and 
        cultures;
Whereas hostelling is educational travel, local and global, using hostels and 
        programs to facilitate interaction among travelers, and with local 
        communities;
Whereas hostels are simple, safe, shared accommodations that promote community 
        and cooperation among users and introduce young people of limited means 
        to travel;
Whereas Hostelling International USA (HI-USA) is a nonprofit educational 
        organization established in 1934 as American Youth Hostels to promote 
        hostelling in the United States;
Whereas HI-USA since its founding has welcomed in its hostels more than 
        22,000,000 overnight stays of visitors from the United States and more 
        than 150 countries worldwide;
Whereas HI-USA today has a network of 70 hostels in areas of cultural, historic, 
        and recreational interest, often in partnership with public, private, 
        and other nonprofit organizations, that annually hosts nearly 1,000,000 
        overnights stays by both domestic and foreign travelers;
Whereas HI-USA today offers programs through its hostels and local chapters that 
        promote the appreciation of local culture and environment, while 
        facilitating the discovery of both world and self, to more than 65,000 
        participants annually; and
Whereas HI-USA has made a unique and notable contribution to intercultural 
        understanding in the United States and worldwide, especially among the 
        young: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) congratulates Hostelling International USA for its 75 
        years of service; and
            (2) commends Hostelling International USA for its 
        contributions to intercultural exchange and its leadership in 
        the field of youth travel.
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