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Calendar No. 540 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 504 

Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 21, 2016 

Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 

WYDEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 28, 2016 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, without amendment 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program. 

Whereas August 1, 2016, marks the 70th anniversary of 

President Harry S. Truman signing into law the Act of 

August 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 754, chapter 723) (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Fulbright Act of 1946’’); 

Whereas the Fulbright Program was established by Senator 

James William Fulbright of Arkansas for the ‘‘promotion 

of international good will through the exchange of students in the fields of education, culture, and science’’; 


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•SRES 504 RS 

Whereas the Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of 

State; 

Whereas the Fulbright Program provides approximately 

8,000 grants annually and, as of 2016, operates in more 

than 160 countries, including 50 that have established 

cost-sharing binational commissions; 

Whereas approximately 1,300 institutions of higher education 

in the United States, both public and private, host students at home and send scholars abroad; 

Whereas current Fulbright students and scholars hail from 

all 50 States and 2 United States territories, and approximately a quarter are from minority or underrepresented populations; 

Whereas more than 370,000 individuals from across the globe 

have benefitted from this unique opportunity; 

Whereas alumni of the Fulbright Program include 54 Nobel 

Prize laureates, 82 recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, 33 

heads of state, 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, 8 members of the United States Congress, and a 

former Secretary-General of the United Nations; 

Whereas, on April 21, 2016, an American Elm was planted 

on the grounds of the United States Capitol in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program; 

and 

Whereas the Fulbright Program promotes United States 

higher education abroad and remains a valuable diplomatic tool: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) recognizes the 70th anniversary of the Ful2 bright Program; 

3 (2) encourages the President and the Secretary 

4 of State to work with the Bureau of Educational 

5 and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State to 

6 support the work of the Fulbright Program; 

7 (3) congratulates all past and present recipients 

8 of Fulbright awards; and 

9 (4) calls on students, scholars, and profes10 sionals around the world to seek out opportunities to 

11 engage with each other and promote international 

12 good will. 


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Calendar No. 540 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 504 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright 

Program. 

JUNE 28, 2016 

Reported without amendment 


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