[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 62 (Thursday, May 18, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4215]
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                           DAY OF HONOR 2000

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.J. 
Res. 44, and the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 44) supporting the Day of 
     Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority 
     veterans in the United States Armed Forces during World War 
     II.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator 
Hatch be added as a cosponsor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read a third time and passed, the preamble be agreed to, 
the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any 
statements relating to the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 44) was read the third time and 
passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 44

       Whereas World War II was a determining event of the 20th 
     century in that it ensured the preservation and continuation 
     of American democracy;
       Whereas the United States called upon all its citizens, 
     including the most oppressed of its citizens, to provide 
     service and sacrifice in that war to achieve the Allied 
     victory over Nazism and fascism;
       Whereas the United States citizens who served in that war, 
     many of whom gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives, 
     included more than 1,200,000 African Americans, more than 
     300,000 Hispanic Americans, more than 50,000 Asian Americans, 
     more than 20,000 Native Americans, more than 6,000 Native 
     Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and more than 3,000 Native 
     Alaskans;
       Whereas because of invidious discrimination, many of the 
     courageous military activities of these minorities were not 
     reported and honored fully and appropriately until decades 
     after the Allied victory in World War II;
       Whereas the motto of the United States, ``E Pluribus Unum'' 
     (Out of Many, One), promotes our fundamental unity as 
     Americans and acknowledges our diversity as our greatest 
     strength; and
       Whereas the Day of Honor 2000 Project has enlisted 
     communities across the United States to participate in 
     celebrations to honor minority veterans of World War II on 
     May 25, 2000, and throughout the year 2000: Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     Congress--
       (1) commends the African American, Hispanic American, Asian 
     American, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific 
     Islanders, Native Alaskan, and other minority veterans of the 
     United States Armed Forces who served during World War II;
       (2) especially honors those minority veterans who gave 
     their lives in service to the United States during that war;
       (3) supports the goals and ideas of the ``Day of Honor 
     2000'' in celebration and recognition of the extraordinary 
     service of all minority veterans in the United States Armed 
     Forces during World War II; and
       (4) authorizes and requests that the President issue a 
     proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to 
     honor these minority veterans with appropriate programs and 
     activities.

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