IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 761 
Recognizing the benefits of charitable giving and expressing support for the 
designation of December 2, 2014, as Giving Tuesday. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 
Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 
YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the benefits of charitable giving and expressing 
support for the designation of December 2, 2014, as 
Giving Tuesday. 
Whereas the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, 
and Cyber Monday kicks off the holiday giving season 
with a global day dedicated to charitable giving known as 
Giving Tuesday; 
Whereas Giving Tuesday is in its third year and has become 
a worldwide movement that celebrates the power of giving 
in all its forms; 
Whereas this movement was launched by a concerned and 
passionate group of people who want to help celebrate the 
power of giving to enact positive change, conceptualized 
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by a group of innovators led by New York’s 92nd Street 
Y, first launched in partnership with the UN Foundation 
in 2012; 
Whereas Giving Tuesday brought together more than 2,500 
organizations from all 50 States in its first year; 
Whereas Giving Tuesday continued to gain momentum in its 
second year, with 10,000 partners in the United States 
and 46 countries around the world, increasing online do-
nations 270 percent since the Tuesday after Thanks-
giving in 2011 (before Giving Tuesday began); 
Whereas the United States is a country with a great and gen-
erous philanthropic history and a new generation of 
young leaders are carrying the torch to show that giving 
back is something that all parties can agree on, tran-
scending any differences of political ideologies and unit-
ing people across boundaries; 
Whereas according to the 2014 Millennial Impact Report 87 
percent of millennials gave back to charity in 2013; 
Whereas giving and philanthropy is something that tran-
scends party lines; 
Whereas Giving Tuesday is a special call to action to create 
a national day of giving that moves beyond the annual 
shopping and spending moments to inspire more, smart-
er, better and greater giving in the United States and 
around the world every day; and 
Whereas Giving Tuesday is an opportune time for people in 
the United States and the world to come together and 
show how powerful humanity can be when we unite to 
give to promote causes that promote peace, progress and 
prosperity for a better world: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) recognizes the lasting impact of Giving 
Tuesday; and 
(2) supports the designation of Giving Tuesday. 
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