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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 109

Recognizing the many talents of the actor Jimmy Stewart and honoring

the contributions he made to the Nation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 8, 1997

Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. PAXON, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr.

ACKERMAN, Mr. FORBES, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr.

EHRLICH, Mr. COOK, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. WELLER, Mr.

TOWNS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. DUNN, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr.

MEEHAN, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. MASCARA, Mr.

ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia,

Mr. JENKINS, Mr. GORDON, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MCINTYRE,

Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. HEFNER,

Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SESSIONS,

Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. METCALF, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr.

BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MANTON,

Mr. SHAYS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr.

KASICH, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BUYER, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr.

CANADY of Florida, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania,

Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mrs. KELLY, and Mr. MANZULLO) submitted the

following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Recognizing the many talents of the actor Jimmy Stewart

and honoring the contributions he made to the Nation.
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Whereas James M. (‘‘Jimmy’’) Stewart made more than 80

films including comedies, westerns, and dramas of suspense;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart won an Academy Award for best

performance by an actor in 1940 for his performance in

‘‘The Philadelphia Story’’ and received four other Oscar

nominations for his performances in ‘‘Mr. Smith Goes to

Washington’’, ‘‘It’s a Wonderful Life’’, ‘‘Harvey’’, and

‘‘Anatomy of a Murder’’;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart received a Screen Actors Guild

Award in 1968 for ‘‘fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession’’; the American Film Institute’s eighth life

achievement award in 1980, a Kennedy Center Honor in

1983, a special Academy Award in 1984 for ‘‘50 years

of meaningful performances’’ and ‘‘for his high ideals,

both on and off the screen’’, and the annual tribute by

the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1990;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart appeared in a number of television

shows and Broadway plays and received a Tony Award;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart’s poetry was compiled into his 1989

book entitled ‘‘Jimmy Stewart and his Poems’’;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart enlisted in the military and served

during World War II as operations officer, chief of staff,

and squadron commander of the Second Combat Wing of

the U.S. Eighth Air Force in England;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart’s military decorations include two

Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Air Medal, multiple

oak leaf clusters, six battle stars, and the Croix de

Guerre with Palm;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart attained the rank of colonel during

World War II and the rank of brigadier general in 1959,
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making him the highest ranking entertainer in the American military;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart was active in national politics in his

later years and was a close personal friend of former

President Ronald Reagan;

Whereas Jimmy Stewart testified before Congress in 1988 in

favor of a bill that was later enacted to require film exhibitors and distributors to disclose to the public whether

certain culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant

films had been colorized or otherwise altered from the

original; and

Whereas in 1985 President Ronald Reagan awarded Jimmy

Stewart the Nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That Congress recognizes the many talents

3 of the late James M. (‘‘Jimmy’’) Stewart and honors the

4 artistic, military, and political contributions he made to

5 the Nation.

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