[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 617 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 617

Relative to the death of the Honorable Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, 
                former Senator for the State of Alaska.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            August 12, 2010

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
 Inouye, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, 
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown 
 of Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
Burr, Mr. Burris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
   Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
 Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
    Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
 Gregg, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, 
  Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, 
  Mr. LeMieux, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
 McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
 Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
    Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
    Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
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  Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
    Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Relative to the death of the Honorable Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, 
                former Senator for the State of Alaska.

Whereas Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, who began serving in the Senate 9 years 
        after Alaska was admitted to Statehood, represented the people of the 
        State of Alaska with distinction in the Senate for over 40 years from 
        1968 to 2009 and played a significant role in the transformation of the 
        State of Alaska from an impoverished territory to a full-fledged State 
        through the assistance he provided in building energy facilities, 
        hospitals and clinics, roads, docks, airports, water and sewer 
        facilities, schools, and other community facilities in the State of 
        Alaska, which earned him recognition as ``Alaskan of the Century'' from 
        the Alaska Legislature in 2000;
Whereas Ted Stevens distinguished himself as a transport pilot during World War 
        II in support of the ``Flying Tigers'' of the United States Army Air 
        Corps, 14th Air Force, earning 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and other 
        decorations for his skill and bravery;
Whereas Ted Stevens, after serving as a United States Attorney in the territory 
        of Alaska, came to Washington, District of Columbia in 1956 to serve in 
        the Eisenhower Administration in the Department of the Interior, where 
        he was a leading force in securing the legislation that led to the 
        admission of Alaska as the 49th State on January 3, 1959, and then as 
        Solicitor of the Department of the Interior;
Whereas, in 1961, Ted Stevens returned to the State of Alaska and, in 1964, was 
        elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where he was 
        subsequently elected as Speaker pro tempore and majority leader until 
        his appointment on December 24, 1968, to the Senate to fill the vacancy 
        caused by the death of Senator E.L. Bartlett;
Whereas Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator in the history of 
        the Senate, served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 2003 
        through 2007 and as President pro tempore emeritus from 2008 to 2009, 
        and over the course of his career in the Senate, Ted Stevens served as 
        assistant Republican leader, Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics, 
        Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, Chairman of the 
        Committee on Governmental Affairs, Chairman of the Committee on 
        Appropriations, and Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation;
Whereas Ted Stevens worked tirelessly for the enactment of the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act, which provided for the conveyance of 
        approximately 44,000,000 acres of land in the State of Alaska to the 
        Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian peoples and created Native Corporations to 
        secure the long-term economic, cultural, and political empowerment of 
        the Native peoples of the State of Alaska;
Whereas Ted Stevens was a leader in shaping the communications policies of the 
        United States, as he helped to establish the spectrum auction policy, 
        negotiated the Telecommunications Act of 1996, authored the Digital 
        Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005, and passionately 
        advocated for the connection of rural America to the rest of the world 
        and to improve the lives of the people of the United States through the 
        use of telemedicine and distance learning;
Whereas Ted Stevens was a conservationist who championed the safe development of 
        the natural resources of the United States, as illustrated by his 
        authorship of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the Magnuson-
        Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which established the 
        200-mile exclusive economic zone and led to a reduction in the dominance 
        of foreign fishing fleets in the fisheries of the United States, the 
        Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act 
        of 2006, which established conservation measures designed to end 
        overfishing, and the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act, which 
        provided for the denial of entry into ports of the United States and the 
        imposition of sanctions on vessels carrying out large-scale driftnet 
        fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation;
Whereas Ted Stevens was committed to health and fitness in his personal life and 
        in his legislative accomplishments, as illustrated by his authorship of 
        the Ted Stevens Amateur and Olympic Sports Act, his encouragement of 
        providing equality to female athletes through the enactment of title IX 
        of the Education Amendments of 1972, and his leadership in improving 
        physical education programs in schools through the Carol M. White 
        Physical Education Program;
Whereas Ted Stevens unconditionally supported the needs of the Armed Forces of 
        the United States through visits to soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, 
        and Coast Guardsmen in every major military conflict and war zone where 
        United States military personnel have been assigned during his service 
        in the Senate, including Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and 
        Afghanistan, and in his role as Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
        Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations for more than 20 years;
Whereas Ted Stevens was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather who worked to 
        promote family-friendly policies in the Federal government; and
Whereas Ted Stevens was well respected for reaching across the aisle to forge 
        bipartisan alliances and enjoyed many close friendships with colleagues 
        in both political parties and with his staff, who were deeply loyal to 
        him: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
        regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Theodore 
        ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, former member of the Senate;
            (2) the Secretary of the Senate communicate this resolution 
        to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy 
        of this resolution to the family of the deceased; and
            (3) when the Senate adjourns today, the Senate stands 
        adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
        Honorable Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens.
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