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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 19 

Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending 

President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2025 

Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. THUNE, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. 

ALSOBROOKS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, 

Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 

BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. BUDD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. 

CAPITO, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. 

CURTIS, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. 

FETTERMAN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. 

HEINRICH, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDESMITH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIM, 

Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. 

LUMMIS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MORENO, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. PAUL, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

SCHMITT, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. 

SHAHEEN, Mr. SHEEHY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 

TILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VANCE, Mr. WARNER, 

Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 

WYDEN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which was 

considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter 


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and commending President Jimmy Carter for his lifelong career of public service, humanitarian leadership, 

diplomacy, and courageous advocacy. 

Whereas President Jimmy Carter was born James Earl Carter, Jr. on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia; 

Whereas President Carter excelled in his academic studies, 

graduating from Plains High School in 1941, studying at 

Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute 

of Technology, and graduating with distinction in the top 

10 percent of his class at the United States Naval Academy in 1946; 

Whereas President Carter married Rosalynn Carter on July 

7, 1946, and they later had 4 children, 12 grandchildren, 

and 14 great-grandchildren; 

Whereas President Carter served the United States as a 

Lieutenant in the United States Navy submarine service, 

where he was assigned to the Navy’s elite nuclear submarine program, and, after his father’s passing in 1953, 

he resigned from his naval duties to return to Plains to 

run his family’s peanut farm and warehouse; 

Whereas President Carter began his career of public service 

in leadership positions in Sumter County, Georgia, before 

being elected to serve 2 terms as a Georgia State Senator 

from 1963 to 1967; 

Whereas President Carter, while serving as the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, challenged racial 

discrimination and wasteful government practices and reorganized and streamlined State government; 

Whereas the people of the United States elected Jimmy Carter to serve as the 39th President of the United States 

from 1977 to 1981; 


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Whereas, in September 1978, President Carter brokered the 

Camp David Accords between Egyptian President Anwar 

Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 

which established a framework for a historic peace treaty 

between Israel and Egypt, beginning an era of lasting 

peace between the 2 nations; 

Whereas, in October 1978, President Carter signed the Civil 

Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–454; 92 

Stat. 1111), which established the Office of Personnel 

Management in the Executive Branch, created the Senior 

Executive Service, and codified Federal labor relations 

for non-postal Federal employees; 

Whereas, during President Carter’s administration, the 

United States and the People’s Republic of China established official diplomatic relations for the first time; 

Whereas President Carter worked with Congress to create the 

Department of Education and the Department of Energy 

to oversee comprehensive education and energy policy for 

the United States; 

Whereas, in 1979, President Carter successfully negotiated 

the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT) II with 

Soviet Union General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to restrict the nuclear forces of both nations; 

Whereas President Carter, after leaving the White House, remained devoted to public service, serving as a professor 

at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and co-founding with his wife, Rosalynn, The Carter Center to alleviate human suffering and advance human rights by 

strengthening democracy, resolving conflicts, fighting neglected tropical diseases, and improving access to mental 

health care worldwide; 


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Whereas The Carter Center has engaged in conflict mediation 

in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South America, the 

Caribbean, and Asia, spearheaded efforts that have nearly eradicated the Guinea worm disease and eliminated 

several other tropical diseases in regions of Africa and 

the Americas, improved mental health care, faithfully observed more than 100 elections in 40 countries to 

strengthen global democracies, and promoted international human rights; 

Whereas President Carter was a dedicated volunteer with 

Habitat for Humanity and co-led the Jimmy & Rosalynn 

Carter Work Project for over 30 years, working on approximately 4,400 homes in 14 countries to build affordable housing; 

Whereas President Carter received the United Nations 

Human Rights Prize in 1998; 

Whereas President Carter and Rosalynn Carter jointly received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 for 

their exemplary contributions towards globally advancing 

peace, human rights, and health; 

Whereas President Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel 

Peace Prize for his decades of work in international conflict resolution, human rights, and economic and social 

development, making him 1 of 4 United States Presidents to receive the prize; 

Whereas President Carter lived to be 100 years old, longer 

than any other President; and 

Whereas President Carter leaves behind an honorable legacy 

of humanitarian work and a shining example of a lifetime 

of service: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) mourns the passing of former President 

2 Jimmy Carter, the longest living President in the 

3 history of the United States, and extends its sym4 pathies to his family; and 

5 (2) honors the life and legacy of former Presi6 dent Jimmy Carter and his contributions to the 

7 United States of America. 

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