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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 94 

Recognizing the opening of the nonsectarian Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., the only museum of its size and scope in the world devoted 

exclusively to the Bible. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2017 

Mr. PITTENGER (for himself, Mr. PEARCE, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. WEBER of 

Texas, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. 

BABIN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 

KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. COLE, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. 

LOUDERMILK, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 

NORMAN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. JONES, 

Mr. FLORES, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HARPER, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. CLEAVER, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, and Mr. LAMBORN) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the opening of the nonsectarian Museum of the 

Bible in Washington, D.C., the only museum of its size 

and scope in the world devoted exclusively to the Bible. 

Whereas the Bible has played a prominent role in the culture 

of the United States and has been a significant influence 

throughout the history of our Nation; 


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Whereas, in 1956, Congress passed a Joint Resolution adopting ‘‘In God We Trust’’ as the official motto of the 

United States; 

Whereas, in 1982, Congress passed the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution authorizing and requesting the 

President to proclaim 1983 as the ‘Year of the Bible’ ’’ 

(Public Law 97–280), finding that the Bible ‘‘has made 

a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a 

distinctive and blessed nation and people’’; 

Whereas, on November 17, 2017, the Museum of the Bible 

opened a 430,000-square-foot nonprofit museum in 

Washington, D.C., 3 blocks from the Capitol, and will be 

free to all visitors; 

Whereas the Museum of the Bible is a nonsectarian institution that does not promote any faith or denomination; 

Whereas, in 2014, the architectural concept submission for 

the Museum of the Bible was approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, the local Washington, D.C., Advisory 

Neighborhood Commission, and the Historic Preservation 

Review Board, and the primary building of the Museum 

of the Bible was awarded historical status by the Historic 

Preservation Review Board; 

Whereas the Museum of the Bible will have 3 primary exhibit 

floors focused on the history, narrative, and impact of the 

Bible; 

Whereas the entrance to the Museum of the Bible will feature 

2, 40-foot-tall bronze panels that contain the first lines 

of Genesis in Latin, as originally printed in the Gutenberg Bible, and art glass panels featuring a papyrus containing the 19th psalm; and 


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Whereas the Museum of the Bible is an innovative, global, 

nonsectarian educational institution the purpose of which 

is to permit all people to engage with the Bible: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) recognizes the opening of the Museum of 

4 the Bible in Washington, D.C., the first non5 sectarian museum of its kind in the capital of the 

6 United States focused exclusively on the history, 

7 narrative, and impact of the Bible; and 

8 (2) commends the leadership, staff, scholars, 

9 designers, construction workers, and volunteers who 

10 worked tirelessly to realize the goal of opening a mu11 seum, free to the public, with the nonsectarian pur12 pose of ‘‘inviting all people to engage with the 

13 Bible’’. 

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