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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 316 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 316

  Celebrating the success of the Marshall Plan in fostering peace and 
prosperity in the seven decades since its conception and affirming the 
continued relevance of the Marshall Plan for the United States and its 
            global allies and the values for which it stood.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2017

  Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself and Mr. Meeks) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Celebrating the success of the Marshall Plan in fostering peace and 
prosperity in the seven decades since its conception and affirming the 
continued relevance of the Marshall Plan for the United States and its 
            global allies and the values for which it stood.

Whereas 2017 marks the 70th year since the European Recovery Program, or what 
        came to known as the ``Marshall Plan'', was first conceived and 
        proclaimed by General George Catlett Marshall while he was serving as 
        U.S. Secretary of State;
Whereas the Marshall Plan has been hailed by leaders of World War II allied and 
        enemy countries alike as the most magnanimous act by Americans in 
        history;
Whereas the Marshall Plan made possible new measures of transatlantic 
        cooperation through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 
        other institutions;
Whereas these institutional developments have profoundly enhanced the security, 
        freedom, and prosperity of the United States and the Atlantic Community 
        generally;
Whereas new challenges continue to arise which call for recommitment to and 
        reinvigoration of these institutions and for their continued viability;
Whereas creative thought and rededication to the ideals and principles 
        undergirding the Marshall Plan are now necessary in order to assure the 
        preservation and perfection of these institutions; and
Whereas the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan provides a 
        fitting opportunity for rededication of commitments to these 
        institutions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) acknowledges that the spirit of magnanimity and 
        innovation with which the Marshall Plan was enacted are as 
        essential to United States foreign policy now as they were in 
        1947;
            (2) believes the success of the Marshall Plan in fostering 
        peace and prosperity in the past 70 years should serve as a 
        beacon for the people of the United States and the world as we 
        address the challenges of the present; and
            (3) calls upon all Americans to rededicate themselves to 
        the ideals that inspired the Marshall Plan: international 
        cooperation, democracy, free enterprise, and universal respect 
        for all.
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