IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 316
Recognizing that November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to ‘‘A Tribute to 
Survivors’’ at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2003
Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. FROST, Mr. 
BELL, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. ROS-
LEHTINEN, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. DEUTSCH, and Mr. ACKERMAN) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing that November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to 
‘‘A Tribute to Survivors’’ at the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum.
Whereas, in 1945, American soldiers and other Allied forces, 
defeated Nazi Germany, ending World War II in Europe 
and the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews and other 
targeted groups; 
Whereas 6,000,000 Jews were killed during the Holocaust, 
and after World War II hundreds of thousands of sur-
vivors immigrated to the United States, where in spite of 
their enormous suffering, they rebuilt their lives, and em-
braced and enriched their adopted homeland;
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Whereas, in 1978, President Jimmy Carter created the Presi-
dent’s Commission on the Holocaust to make a rec-
ommendation regarding ‘‘the establishment . . . of an 
appropriate memorial to those who perished in the Holo-
caust’’; 
Whereas President Carter said: ‘‘Out of our memory . . . of 
the Holocaust we must forge an unshakable oath with all 
civilized people that never again will the world stand si-
lent, never again will the world . . . fail to act in time 
to prevent this terrible crime of genocide. . . . [W]e 
must harness the outrage of our own memories to stamp 
out oppression wherever it exists. We must understand 
that human rights and human dignity are indivisible.’’; 
Whereas, in 1979, the Commission recommended ‘‘a living 
memorial that will speak not only of the victims’ deaths 
but of their lives, a memorial that can transform the liv-
ing by transmitting the legacy of the Holocaust’’; 
Whereas, in 1980, the United States Congress unanimously 
passed legislation authorizing the creation of the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a ‘‘permanent liv-
ing memorial’’ on Federal land in the Nation’s Capital; 
Whereas, in 1983, Vice President George Bush designated 
the Federal land on which the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum would be built; 
Whereas Vice President Bush said: ‘‘Here we will learn that 
each of us bears responsibility for our actions and our 
failure to act. Here we will learn that we must intervene 
when we see evil arise. Here we will learn more about the 
moral compass by which we navigate our lives and by 
which countries navigate the future.’’;
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Whereas, in 1985, Holocaust survivors participated in the 
groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future United 
States Holocaust Memorial Museum; 
Whereas, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan dedicated the 
cornerstone of the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum; 
Whereas President Reagan said: ‘‘We who did not go their 
way owe them this: We must make sure that their deaths 
have posthumous meaning. We must make sure that from 
now until the end of days all humankind stares this evil 
in the face . . . and only then can we be sure it will 
never arise again.’’; 
Whereas, in 1992, replicas of 2 of the milk cans that hid the 
Oneg Shabbat archive under the Warsaw Ghetto were 
buried beneath the Museum’s Hall of Remembrance, with 
a Scroll of Remembrance signed by Holocaust survivors; 
Whereas, in 1993, President Bill Clinton opened the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Museum; 
Whereas President Clinton said: ‘‘[T]his museum will touch 
the life of everyone who enters and leave everyone forever 
changed; a place of deep sadness and a sanctuary of 
bright hope; an ally of education against ignorance, of 
humility against arrogance, an investment in a secure fu-
ture against whatever insanity lurks ahead. If this mu-
seum can mobilize morality, then those who have perished 
will thereby gain a measure of immortality.’’; 
Whereas, in 2001, President George W. Bush delivered the 
keynote address at the first Days of Remembrance cere-
mony after he assumed office. 
Whereas President Bush said: ‘‘When we remember the Holo-
caust and to whom it happened, we must also remember
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where it happened. . . . The orders came from men who 
. . . had all the outward traits of cultured men, except 
for conscience. Their crimes showed the world that evil 
can slip in, and blend in, even amid the most civilized 
surroundings. In the end, only conscience can stop it. 
And moral discernment, decency, tolerance—these can 
never be assumed in any time, or any society. They must 
always be taught.’’; 
Whereas the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has 
had more than 19,000,000 visitors in the first 10 years 
of its existence; 
Whereas, in 2003, the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum, on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary, wishes 
to pay tribute to America’s Holocaust survivors, who 
worked tirelessly to help build the Museum and whose 
committed support and involvement continue to make the 
institution such an extraordinary memorial and a vital 
part of life in the United States; and 
Whereas the United States Holocaust Museum has a sacred 
obligation to preserve and transmit the history and les-
sons of the Holocaust and, together with the Holocaust 
survivors, must ensure that the legacy of the survivors is 
passed on to each new generation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) recognizes that a day shall be dedicated to 
‘‘A Tribute to Survivors’’ at the United States Holo-
caust Memorial Museum and shall be devoted to 
honoring our Nation’s Holocaust survivors, as well 
as their liberators and rescuers, and their families;
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(2) recognizes that on that day, the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Museum shall be devoted 
in its entirety to special programs about and for the 
survivors of the Holocaust; 
(3) commends the United States Holocaust Me-
morial Museum for its first decade of education 
dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holo-
caust; 
(4) endeavors to continue to support the vital 
work of the United States Holocaust Memorial Mu-
seum; and 
(5) requests that this resolution shall be duly 
recorded in the official records of the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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