III 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 611 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2010 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Lugar) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary November 19, 2010 Committee discharged; considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club on the 48th anniversary of the running of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon.

Whereas President John F. Kennedy set as a national goal the improvement of the health of the members of the United States Armed Forces; Whereas President Kennedy, in 1963, issued an Executive order challenging United States Marine officers to finish a 50-mile race in 20 hours, matching a similar challenge issued in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt; Whereas, since that Executive order, thousands of Americans, not just servicemen and women, have taken up the challenge of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon; Whereas, since the inception of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon, all members of the Armed Services have been invited to meet the challenge set by Presidents Kennedy and Roosevelt over an historic race course; Whereas between 30 and 40 percent of participants in the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon each year are active duty military or veterans; Whereas each of the branches of the United States Armed Forces fields at least 1 team each year in the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon, and the Navy typically fields several teams; Whereas much of the course of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon is located on Federal land, including the historic C&O Canal, the Appalachian Trail, and Antietam Battlefield; Whereas the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon includes the War Correspondents Memorial Arch, a national monument located in Gathland State Park in the State of Maryland; and Whereas following the assassination of President Kennedy, the first JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon was organized as a way to honor President Kennedy, and has been held annually, rain or shine, ever since: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)commends and congratulates the past, present, and future participants and organizers of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon; and (2)requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club as an expression of the best wishes of the Senate for a glorious year of celebration.