[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 19 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 19
Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending
President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service,
humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 9, 2025
Mr. Warnock (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Thune, Mr. Schumer, Ms.
Alsobrooks, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Banks, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy,
Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr.
Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gallego, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr.
Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim,
Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Merkley,
Mr. Moran, Mr. Moreno, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr.
Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr.
Schiff, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina,
Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Vance, Mr. Warner, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr.
Young) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending
President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service,
humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
Whereas President Jimmy Carter was born James Earl Carter, Jr. on October 1,
1924, in Plains, Georgia;
Whereas President Carter excelled in his academic studies, graduating from
Plains High School in 1941, studying at Georgia Southwestern College and
the Georgia Institute of Technology, and graduating with distinction in
the top 10 percent of his class at the United States Naval Academy in
1946;
Whereas President Carter married Rosalynn Carter on July 7, 1946, and they later
had 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren;
Whereas President Carter served the United States as a Lieutenant in the United
States Navy submarine service, where he was assigned to the Navy's elite
nuclear submarine program, and, after his father's passing in 1953, he
resigned from his naval duties to return to Plains to run his family's
peanut farm and warehouse;
Whereas President Carter began his career of public service in leadership
positions in Sumter County, Georgia, before being elected to serve 2
terms as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967;
Whereas President Carter, while serving as the 76th Governor of Georgia from
1971 to 1975, challenged racial discrimination and wasteful government
practices and reorganized and streamlined State government;
Whereas the people of the United States elected Jimmy Carter to serve as the
39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981;
Whereas, in September 1978, President Carter brokered the Camp David Accords
between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin, which established a framework for a historic peace
treaty between Israel and Egypt, beginning an era of lasting peace
between the 2 nations;
Whereas, in October 1978, President Carter signed the Civil Service Reform Act
of 1978 (Public Law 95-454; 92 Stat. 1111), which established the Office
of Personnel Management in the Executive Branch, created the Senior
Executive Service, and codified Federal labor relations for non-postal
Federal employees;
Whereas, during President Carter's administration, the United States and the
People's Republic of China established official diplomatic relations for
the first time;
Whereas President Carter worked with Congress to create the Department of
Education and the Department of Energy to oversee comprehensive
education and energy policy for the United States;
Whereas, in 1979, President Carter successfully negotiated the Strategic Arms
Limitations Treaty (SALT) II with Soviet Union General Secretary Leonid
Brezhnev to restrict the nuclear forces of both nations;
Whereas President Carter, after leaving the White House, remained devoted to
public service, serving as a professor at Emory University in Atlanta,
Georgia, and co-founding with his wife, Rosalynn, The Carter Center to
alleviate human suffering and advance human rights by strengthening
democracy, resolving conflicts, fighting neglected tropical diseases,
and improving access to mental health care worldwide;
Whereas The Carter Center has engaged in conflict mediation in the Middle East,
Africa, Europe, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia, spearheaded
efforts that have nearly eradicated the Guinea worm disease and
eliminated several other tropical diseases in regions of Africa and the
Americas, improved mental health care, faithfully observed more than 100
elections in 40 countries to strengthen global democracies, and promoted
international human rights;
Whereas President Carter was a dedicated volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and
co-led the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project for over 30 years,
working on approximately 4,400 homes in 14 countries to build affordable
housing;
Whereas President Carter received the United Nations Human Rights Prize in 1998;
Whereas President Carter and Rosalynn Carter jointly received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999 for their exemplary contributions towards
globally advancing peace, human rights, and health;
Whereas President Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his decades
of work in international conflict resolution, human rights, and economic
and social development, making him 1 of 4 United States Presidents to
receive the prize;
Whereas President Carter lived to be 100 years old, longer than any other
President; and
Whereas President Carter leaves behind an honorable legacy of humanitarian work
and a shining example of a lifetime of service: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) mourns the passing of former President Jimmy Carter,
the longest living President in the history of the United
States, and extends its sympathies to his family; and
(2) honors the life and legacy of former President Jimmy
Carter and his contributions to the United States of America.
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