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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 107

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Little League Baseball Incorporated was established to support and develop Little League baseball

worldwide and should be entitled to all of the benefits and privileges

available to nongovernmental international organizations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 25, 1997

Mr. MCDADE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Little League

Baseball Incorporated was established to support and

develop Little League baseball worldwide and should be

entitled to all of the benefits and privileges available

to nongovernmental international organizations.

Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated is a nonprofit

membership organization, chartered by the Congress of

the United States in 1964 to promote, develop, supervise,

and assist youth worldwide in participation in Little

League baseball and to instill in youth the spirit and

competitive will to win, values of team play, and healthful

association with other youth under proper leadership;

Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated has chartered

more than 18,000 local Little League baseball or softball
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leagues in 85 countries, across 6 continents, through

which more than 198,000 teams and 3,000,000 youth

worldwide come together in healthy competition, learning

the value of teamwork, individual responsibility, and respect for others;

Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated provides administrative and other services, including financial assistance from time to time, to such leagues without any obligation to reimburse Little League Baseball Incorporated;

Whereas Little League Baseball Incorporated has established

a United States foundation for the advancement and support of Little League baseball in the United States and

around the world, and has also created in Poland through

its representative, Dr. Creighton Hale, the Poland Little

League Baseball Foundation for the construction of Little League baseball facilities and playing fields, in which

youth may participate worldwide in international competitions, and is providing all the funds for such construction;

Whereas the efforts of Little League Baseball Incorporated

are supported by millions of volunteers worldwide, as parents, league officials, managers, coaches, and auxiliary

members and countless volunteer agencies, including

sponsors, all of whom give their time and effort without

remuneration, in service to others, to advance the goals

of Little League Baseball Incorporated and thereby assist

the economic transformation of societies worldwide, the

improvement in the quality of life of all citizens and the

promotion of a civil international community; and

Whereas, as demonstrated by the success of its efforts worldwide, Little League Baseball Incorporated is the largest

nongovernmental international youth sports organization
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in the world and continues to grow: Now, therefore, be

it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That (a) it is the sense of the Congress that

3 Little League Baseball Incorporated is international in

4 character and has engendered international goodwill

5 through its worldwide activities, particularly among the

6 youth of the world.

7 (b) The Congress reaffirms that Little League Base8 ball Incorporated was established to support and develop

9 Little League baseball worldwide, through the chartering

10 of local leagues and the provision of assistance to such

11 local leagues, through the creation or location of facilities

12 in other countries, and the provision of other support as

13 appropriate, including financial support, without right of

14 reimbursement or repayment.

15 (c) The Congress calls upon the parliamentary bodies

16 and government officials of other nations, particularly

17 those that participate in Little League baseball, to recog18 nize and celebrate the international character of Little

19 League baseball and to render the Little League Baseball

20 Incorporated assistance and recognition of its status as

21 a nongovernmental international organization.

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