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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 461 

Supporting and commending the supporters of the Jefferson Awards for 

Public Service for encouraging all citizens of the United States to embark 

on a life of public service and recognizing those citizens who have already 

performed extraordinary deeds for their community and country. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2006 

Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. BIDEN) submitted 

the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting and commending the supporters of the Jefferson 

Awards for Public Service for encouraging all citizens 

of the United States to embark on a life of public service 

and recognizing those citizens who have already performed extraordinary deeds for their community and 

country. 

Whereas one of the defining traditions of the democracy of 

the United States is that each person can make a difference; 

Whereas the value of public and community service was a 

founding principle of the Government of the United 

States; 


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Whereas, for generation after generation, the citizens of the 

United States have desired to pass to the youth of the 

Nation the tradition of neighbors helping neighbors 

through— 

(1) local community service; 

(2) volunteerism; and 

(3) public service; 

Whereas, to build stronger communities, the youth of the 

United States should be inspired to seek career opportunities in— 

(1) the public sector; 

(2) the nonprofit sector; 

(3) the faith-based community; and 

(4) Federal, State, and local governments; 

Whereas the Jefferson Awards for Public Service are a prestigious national recognition system that was created on 

a nonpartisan basis in 1972 by— 

(1) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; 

(2) Senator Robert Taft, Jr.; and 

(3) Sam Beard; 

Whereas the creators of the Jefferson Awards for Public 

Service sought to create an award similar to the Nobel 

Prize to encourage and honor individuals for their 

achievements and contributions in public and community 

service; 

Whereas, for over 30 years, the supporters of the Jefferson 

Awards for Public Service have pioneered the promotion 

of civic engagement by using profiles of individual excellence, the media, and modern technology to attract and 

recruit all citizens of the United States to participate in 

the democratic processes of the Nation; and 


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Whereas the Jefferson Awards for Public Service have honored award recipients at— 

(1) the national level, by placing the recipients on a 

‘‘Who’s Who’’ list of outstanding citizens of the United 

States; and 

(2) the local level, by naming the recipients ‘‘Unsung 

Heroes’’ who accomplish extraordinary deeds for the betterment of the United States while going largely unnoticed: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) fully supports the goals and ideals that the 

3 creators instilled into the civic engagement initia4 tives of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service; and 

5 (2) salutes and acknowledges the American In6 stitute for Public Service and the role played by the 

7 Jefferson Awards for Public Service in promoting 

8 public service in the United States. 

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