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Calendar No. 502
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 269
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 29, 2000
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
APRIL 12, 2000
Reported by Mr. HATCH, without amendment
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Commending the Library of Congress and its staff for 200
years of outstanding service to the Congress and the
Nation and encouraging the American public to partici-
pate in bicentennial activities.
Whereas the Library of Congress, America’s oldest Federal
cultural institution, was established on April 24, 1800,
and in its 200 years of existence has become the largest
and most inclusive library in human history;
Whereas the Library’s mission is to make its resources avail-
able and useful to the Congress and the American people
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and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of
knowledge and creativity;
Whereas, in furtherance of its mission, the Library has
amassed an unparalleled collection of 119 million items,
a superb staff of ‘‘knowledge navigators’’, and networks
for gathering the world’s knowledge for the Nation’s
good;
Whereas the Library, the Congress, and the Nation have ben-
efitted richly from the work of thousands of talented and
dedicated Library employees throughout the Library’s
200-year history;
Whereas the citizens of the United States have generously
contributed to the Library’s collections through their own
creativity, social and scholarly discourse, donation of ma-
terials in all formats, and generous philanthropic support;
Whereas the goal of the Library’s bicentennial commemora-
tion is to inspire creativity in the centuries ahead and re-
mind Americans that all libraries are the cornerstones of
democracy, encouraging greater use of the Library of
Congress and libraries everywhere;
Whereas this goal will be achieved through a variety of na-
tional, State, and local projects, developed in collabora-
tion with Members of Congress, the staff of the Library
of Congress, libraries and librarians throughout the Na-
tion, and the Library’s James Madison Council and other
philanthropic supporters;
Whereas the centerpiece of the bicentennial celebration is the
Local Legacies Project, a joint effort of Congress and the
Library of Congress to document distinctive cultural tra-
ditions and historic events representing local communities
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throughout the country at the turn of the 21st century;
and
Whereas the bicentennial commemorative activities also in-
clude symposia, exhibitions, publications, significant ac-
quisitions, the issuance of a commemorative coin and
stamp, and enhanced public access to the collections of
the Library of Congress through the National Digital Li-
brary: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress commends the Library of
Congress and its employees, both past and present, on 200
years of service to the Congress and the Nation and en-
courages the American public to participate in activities
to commemorate the Library’s bicentennial.
Passed the House of Representatives March 28,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 502
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 269
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Commending the Library of Congress and its staff
for 200 years of outstanding service to the Con-
gress and the Nation and encouraging the Amer-
ican public to participate in bicentennial activi-
ties.
APRIL 12, 2000
Reported without amendment