IV
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. MOL-
INARI, 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. CAL-
LAHAN, 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 sus-
pense;
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 act-
ing 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,
•HCON 109 IH
making him the highest ranking entertainer in the Amer-
ican 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 ex-
hibitors 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 Presi-
dential Medal of Freedom: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That Congress recognizes the many talents
of the late James M. (‘‘Jimmy’’) Stewart and honors the
artistic, military, and political contributions he made to
the Nation.
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