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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 785 

Recognizing the Boy Scouts of America for its long history of service on 

the 100th anniversary of the day it was granted a Federal charter. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2016 

Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. ELLMERS of North 

Carolina, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. YOUNG of 

Alaska, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. HARDY, Mr. DOLD, Mr. 

MCKINLEY, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. LABRADOR, 

Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PITTS, 

Mr. LANCE, Mr. KATKO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. WESTMORELAND, 

Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. HILL) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the Boy Scouts of America for its long history 

of service on the 100th anniversary of the day it was 

granted a Federal charter. 

Whereas the Boy Scouts of America was founded in Washington, DC, on February 8, 1910, by Chicago publisher 

William D. Boyce after the ‘‘Unknown Scout’’ aided Mr. 

Boyce through a dense London fog and refused a tip for 

the assistance; 


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Whereas the birth of the Boy Scouts of America was based 

on the principles of the scout movement founded by 

famed British retired General Lord Robert Stephenson 

Smyth Baden-Powell; 

Whereas legislation establishing the Federal charter of the 

Boy Scouts of America was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and, on June 15, 1916, was 

signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, Honorary 

President of the Boy Scouts of America; 

Whereas the passage of the Federal charter established the 

Boy Scouts of America as the preeminent scout organization for boys and granted it exclusive use of the name 

‘‘Boy Scouts of America’’; 

Whereas the Boy Scouts of America holds a Federal charter 

alongside other organizations distinguished for their service to the community, such as the American Red Cross, 

the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and the 

American Legion; 

Whereas the Boy Scouts of America continues to prepare 

young people to make ethical and moral choices by teaching them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law 

and continues its mission of ‘‘patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values’’ and its goal of providing 

‘‘citizenship, service, and leadership’’; 

Whereas both youth and adult members strive to fulfill the 

Scout Motto of ‘‘Be Prepared’’ and the Scout Slogan of 

‘‘Do a Good Turn Daily’’; 

Whereas today more than 2,400,000 youths and 1,000,000 

adult volunteers are active members of the Boy Scouts of 

America, and since 1910, over 110,000,000 people have 

been members of the Boy Scouts of America; 


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Whereas the Cub Scouts was founded in 1930 and is a family-oriented program of the Boy Scouts of America that 

is designed specifically to address the needs of younger 

boys; 

Whereas youth and adult members of the Cub Scouts strive 

to fulfill the Cub Scout Motto of ‘‘Do Your Best’’; 

Whereas the Venturing Program, a co-ed program of the Boy 

Scouts of America, and the Exploring Program, a careerinitiative program of the Boy Scouts of America, continue to serve older youth; 

Whereas special programs of the Boy Scouts of America, 

such as Scoutreach, the History Of Scouting Trail, and 

the High Adventure Bases, bring scouting to inner-city 

youth, educate people about the important history of the 

Boy Scout program, and provide outdoor challenges and 

experiences for Boy Scouts; and 

Whereas Boy Scouts, including Eagle Scouts, provide over 

28,000,000 hours of community service each year 

throughout the United States and its territories: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the Boy Scouts of America for 

3 over 100 years of promoting community service and 

4 leadership development; 

5 (2) encourages the Boy Scouts of America to 

6 continue to emphasize character building, respon7 sible citizenship, and outdoor stewardship; 


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1 (3) applauds the Boy Scouts of America for in2 stilling the values of the Scout Oath and the Scout 

3 Law in young Americans; and 

4 (4) congratulates the Boy Scouts of America on 

5 the 100th anniversary of June 15, 1916, the day it 

6 was granted a Federal charter. 

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