[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 426 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 426

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
   Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Ralph 
   Samuelson, known as the Father of Waterskiing, to commemorate the 
     upcoming 100-year anniversary of the invention of waterskiing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 21, 2021

   Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Smith) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
   Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Ralph 
   Samuelson, known as the Father of Waterskiing, to commemorate the 
     upcoming 100-year anniversary of the invention of waterskiing.

Whereas Ralph Samuelson invented waterskiing on Lake Pepin in Lake City, 
        Minnesota;
Whereas the 100th anniversary of this historic event is July 2, 2022;
Whereas, as documented in letters of support from the USA Water Ski & Wake 
        Sports Foundation, Ralph Samuelson was the first person to successfully 
        water-ski;
Whereas this momentous event happened on July 2, 1922, on Lake Pepin in Lake 
        City, Minnesota, the hometown of Ralph Samuelson;
Whereas Lake Pepin is a picturesque 30-mile-long, 3-mile-wide section of the 
        Mississippi River that is 60 miles southeast of the Twin Cities;
Whereas a Sports Illustrated article dated August 10, 1987, also credited Mr. 
        Samuelson as ``The Father of Waterskiing'' and described him as a 
        thrill-seeker who spent much of his time on Lake Pepin; and
Whereas waterskiing is a hugely popular sport enjoyed by millions worldwide and 
        those millions of people have Ralph Samuelson to thank: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a 
        commemorative postage stamp honoring Ralph Samuelson, known as 
        the Father of Waterskiing, to commemorate the upcoming 100-year 
        anniversary of the invention of waterskiing; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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