[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18053-18054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 422--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
 PRESIDENT SHOULD DESIGNATE THE WEEK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 12, 2004, AS 
     ``NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK''

  Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Talent, Mrs. 
Hutchison, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Miller, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
Allen, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Specter) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 422

       Whereas there are 105 historically Black colleges and 
     universities in the United States;

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       Whereas historically Black colleges and universities 
     provide the quality education so essential to full 
     participation in a complex, highly technological society;
       Whereas historically Black colleges and universities have a 
     rich heritage and have played a prominent role in the history 
     of the United States;
       Whereas historically Black colleges and universities have 
     allowed many underprivileged students to attain their full 
     potential through higher education; and
       Whereas the achievements and goals of historically Black 
     colleges and universities are deserving of national 
     recognition: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK 
                   COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the President should designate the week beginning 
     September 12, 2004, as ``National Historically Black Colleges 
     and Universities Week''.
       (b) Proclamation.--The Senate requests the President to 
     issue a proclamation--
       (1) designating the week beginning September 12, 2004, as 
     ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
     Week''; and
       (2) calling on the people of the United States and 
     interested groups to observe the week with appropriate 
     ceremonies, activities, and programs to demonstrate support 
     for historically Black colleges and universities in the 
     United States.
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 423--COMMENDING INEZ SITTER FOR HER SERVICE TO THE 
                             UNITED STATES

  Mr. INHOFE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Indian Affairs:

                               S. Res. 423

       Whereas the United States, and subsequently the Choctaw 
     Nation of Oklahoma, have operated a school at Hartshorne, 
     Oklahoma, called the Jones Academy for more than 100 years, a 
     facility that, since 1952, has provided residential services 
     to predominately at-risk children from more than 20 Indian 
     tribes throughout the United States who attend local, public 
     school academic classes;
       Whereas for approximately half that time, Mrs. Inez Sitter 
     has been a vital part of that school and its efforts to 
     educate American Indian children;
       Whereas Mrs. Sitter came to the school in an administrative 
     post in March of 1944 and progressed through various 
     administrative capacities to be the Administrative Assistant 
     at the school;
       Whereas Mrs. Sitter formally retired from the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs in 1983, after 39 years of service;
       Whereas Mrs. Sitter immediately thereafter assumed the 
     position as the Study Hall/Tutorial Coordinator for Jones 
     Academy, the Library Services Coordinator, and the Director 
     of the critically important Foster Grandparents program at 
     the school, positions she has held to this day;
       Whereas Mrs. Sitter, who is a member of many civic 
     organizations, including the Hartshorne Edgewood United 
     Methodist Church, the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
     and the American Legion Auxiliary, is known throughout the 
     community for her extra work with students, including 
     mentoring, tutoring, and preparation of homework and term 
     assignments;
       Whereas for such work she gained a position of advocate for 
     the children of Jones Academy and the de facto position of 
     liaison with the local public school in Hartshorne;
       Whereas Mrs. Sitter, who resided with her family on campus, 
     became a surrogate parent for hundreds of Jones Academy 
     children;
       Whereas Mrs. Sitter has been described by a colleague as 
     ``87 years young, and only 95 pounds, but with 60 years of 
     service to the children of Jones Academy and the people of 
     Hartshorne, the State of Oklahoma, and these United States''; 
     and
       Whereas the Bureau of Indian Affairs, recognizing her 
     selfless and outstanding contributions, awarded Mrs. Sitter 
     its Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Assistant 
     Secretary Dave Anderson on August 3, 2004: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate commends Mrs. Inez Sitter for her 
     outstanding service to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the 
     State of Oklahoma, and the United States.

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