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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 461 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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.

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                   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

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                               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;
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
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

    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) fully supports the goals and ideals that the creators 
        instilled into the civic engagement initiatives of the 
        Jefferson Awards for Public Service; and
            (2) salutes and acknowledges the American Institute for 
        Public Service and the role played by the Jefferson Awards for 
        Public Service in promoting public service in the United 
        States.
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