[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 96 (Thursday, May 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2604-S2605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. THUNE:
  S.J. Res. 74. A joint resolution requesting the Secretary of the 
Interior to authorize a unique and 1-time arrangement for certain 
displays on Mount Rushmore National Memorial relating to the centennial 
of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States during the period beginning August 18, 2020, and ending 
on September 30, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the joint resolution was 
ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 74

       Whereas, on May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives 
     adopted House Joint Resolution 1, 66th Congress, proposing an 
     amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage 
     to women;
       Whereas, on June 4, 1919, the Senate adopted House Joint 
     Resolution 1, 66th Congress, sending to the States for 
     ratification the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States;

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       Whereas, on August 18, 1920, the 36th State approved the 
     19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 
     satisfying the constitutional threshold of passage in 3/4 of 
     the States;
       Whereas, on August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge 
     Colby certified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States;
       Whereas section 431(a)(3) of the Department of the 
     Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31; 131 Stat. 502), enacted into 
     law S. 847, 115th Congress (as introduced on April 5, 2017), 
     which established the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission 
     ``to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of the 
     passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States providing for women's 
     suffrage'';
       Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the 
     ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States by 3/4 of the States;
       Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th 
     Amendment becoming a part of the Constitution of the United 
     States; and
       Whereas the centennial anniversary of the ratification of 
     the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     providing for women's suffrage should be honored and 
     celebrated: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     Congress--
       (1) requests the Secretary of the Interior to authorize a 
     unique and 1-time arrangement to commemorate the centennial 
     of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of 
     the United States entitled ``LOOK UP TO HER at Mount 
     Rushmore'' with a display of historical artifacts, digital 
     content, film footage, and associated historical audio and 
     imagery in and around the vicinity of the Mount Rushmore 
     National Memorial, including projected onto the surface of 
     the Mount Rushmore National Memorial to the left and right of 
     the sculpture for 14 nights of public display during the 
     period beginning on August 18, 2020, and ending on September 
     30, 2020; and
       (2) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
     transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
       (A) the Secretary of the Interior; and
       (B) the Lincoln Borglum Museum at the Mount Rushmore 
     National Memorial.

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