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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 852 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 852

Recognizing and commending Biblica for contributions made to the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2009

  Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Austria, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. 
Bartlett, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
    Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Cole, Mr. 
 Conaway, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Davis of 
   Kentucky, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Harper, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Sam 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Kline of 
Minnesota, Mr. Latta, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Posey, and Mr. Wamp) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Recognizing and commending Biblica for contributions made to the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.

Whereas, on December 4, 1809, a small group of concerned citizens met in lower 
        Manhattan to discuss how to make the Bible available to the residents of 
        the city and formed the New York Bible Society, beginning an 
        organization that has been woven into the fabric of United States 
        culture for 200 years;
Whereas the New York Bible Society provided Scripture for members of the United 
        States Armed Forces in each conflict, foreign and domestic, since the 
        War of 1812, and in partnership with the United States military 
        chaplaincy, distributed more than 1,000,000 Bibles to members of the 
        Armed Forces looking for courage, guidance, and comfort;
Whereas when the gates of Ellis Island opened in 1890, the New York Bible 
        Society greeted new immigrants with a copy of Scripture in their native 
        language, and over the 60 years that followed, provided an average of 
        160,000 copies of Scripture each year to immigrants;
Whereas in 1962, John Glenn lifted off into space with a Bible he received from 
        the New York Bible Society;
Whereas in 1968, the New York Bible Society sponsored the Committee on Bible 
        Translation, a group responsible for creating the New International 
        Version, which is now the most widely distributed, contemporary English 
        version in the world, with more than 300,000,000 copies in circulation;
Whereas the New York Bible Society moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1988 
        and became the International Bible Society;
Whereas following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the International Bible Society 
        distributed more than 800,000 copies of Scripture to those seeking hope 
        and comfort during one of the darkest moments in United States history;
Whereas the International Bible Society provided Scripture to disaster survivors 
        worldwide, including victims of Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian 
        Ocean tsunami;
Whereas the International Bible Society merged with Living Bibles International 
        and Send the Light and today operates as Biblica;
Whereas Biblica is one of the largest distributors of Bibles and biblical 
        resources in the world, operates in 54 countries, and has translated the 
        Bible into more than 100 languages; and
Whereas Biblica is the leading provider of Bible translations on the Internet, 
        providing the Bible in 29 languages to more than 100,000,000 Internet 
        users annually: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes Biblica as an integral part of United States 
        history; and
            (2) commends Biblica for the contributions it has made to 
        the United States.
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