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IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 243 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Financial Literacy Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 3, 2017 
Mrs. BEATTY (for herself and Mr. STIVERS) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Financial Literacy 
Month’’. 
Whereas according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration (referred hereinafter as the ‘‘FDIC’’), at least 
27.7 percent of households in the United States, or near-
ly 34,400,000 households with approximately 67,600,000 
adults, are unbanked or underbanked and therefore have 
not had an opportunity to access savings, lending, and 
other basic financial services; 
Whereas according to the FDIC, approximately 30 percent of 
banks reported in 2011 that consumers lacked an under-
standing of the financial products and services banks of-
fered; 
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Whereas according to the 2016 Consumer Financial Literacy 
Survey final report of the National Foundation for Credit 
Counseling— 
(1) approximately 44 percent of adults in the United 
States gave themselves a grade of ‘‘C’’, ‘‘D’’, or ‘‘F’’ on 
their knowledge of personal finance; 
(2) 75 percent of adults in the United States ac-
knowledged that they could benefit from additional advice 
and answers to everyday financial questions from a pro-
fessional; 
(3) 22 percent of adults in the United States admit-
ted to not paying bills on time; 
(4) 1 in 3 households reported carrying credit card 
debt from month-to-month; 
(5) only 40 percent of adults in the United States 
reported keeping close track of their spending, a percent-
age that held steady since 2007; and 
(6) 14 percent of adults in the United States identi-
fied not having enough ‘‘rainy day’’ savings for an emer-
gency, and 15 percent of adults in the United States 
identified not having enough money set aside for retire-
ment, as the most worrisome area of personal finance; 
Whereas the 2016 Retirement Confidence Survey conducted 
by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that 
19 percent of workers were ‘‘not at all confident’’ that 
they had enough money to retire; 
Whereas according to the statistical release of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the fourth 
quarter of 2016 entitled ‘‘Financial Accounts of the 
United States: Flow of Funds, Balance Sheets, and Inte-
grated Macroeconomic Accounts’’, outstanding household 
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Whereas Jeannette Rankin studied at Montana State Univer-
sity, the New York School of Philanthropy, and the Uni-
versity of Washington; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin began her work in public service 
as a social worker and member of the women’s suffrage 
movement, successfully campaigning to achieve suffrage 
for women in Washington and Montana; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin successfully ran as a Republican 
and secured one of Montana’s two at-large congressional 
seats on November 7, 1916; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to serve 
in the United States House of Representatives upon tak-
ing the oath of office on April 2, 1917, as a Member of 
the 65th Congress (1917–1919); 
Whereas upon her election to Congress in 1916, Jeannette 
Rankin declared, ‘‘I may be the first woman in Congress, 
but I won’t be the last.’’, setting an example for Amer-
ican women; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin served an instrumental role in the 
fight for women’s suffrage by serving on the House Com-
mittee on Woman Suffrage and opening the first House 
floor debate on women’s right to vote in 1918; 
Whereas in her two terms as a Member of Congress, 
Jeannette Rankin served on the House Committee on In-
sular Affairs and House Committee on Public Lands and 
worked to address western and environmental issues; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin made history as the only Member 
of Congress to vote against the involvement of the United 
States in both World War I and World War II, standing 
firmly behind her pacifist convictions; 
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debt in the United States was $14.8 trillion at the end 
of the fourth quarter of 2016; 
Whereas according to the 2016 Survey of the States: Eco-
nomic and Personal Finance Education in Our Nation’s 
Schools, a biennial report by the Council for Economic 
Education— 
(1) only 20 States require students to take an eco-
nomics course as a high school graduation requirement; 
and 
(2) only 17 States require students to take a per-
sonal finance course as a high school graduation require-
ment, either independently or as part of an economics 
course; 
Whereas according to the Gallup-HOPE Index, only 52 per-
cent of students in the United States have money in a 
bank or credit union account; 
Whereas expanding access to the safe, mainstream financial 
system will provide individuals with less expensive and 
more secure options for managing finances and building 
wealth; 
Whereas quality personal financial education is essential to 
ensure that individuals are prepared— 
(1) to manage money, credit, and debt; and 
(2) to become responsible workers, heads of house-
hold, investors, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and citi-
zens; 
Whereas increased financial literacy empowers individuals to 
make wise financial decisions and reduces the confusion 
caused by an increasingly complex economy; 
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Whereas a greater understanding of, and familiarity with, fi-
nancial markets and institutions will lead to increased 
economic activity and growth; and 
Whereas, in 2003, Congress— 
(1) determined that coordinating Federal financial 
literacy efforts and formulating a national strategy is im-
portant; and 
(2) in light of that determination, passed the Finan-
cial Literacy and Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 
9701 et seq.), establishing the Financial Literacy and 
Education Commission: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘Financial 
Literacy Month’’ to raise public awareness about— 
(A) the importance of personal financial 
education in the United States; and 
(B) the serious consequences that may re-
sult from a lack of understanding about per-
sonal finances; and 
(2) calls on the Federal Government, States, lo-
calities, schools, nonprofit organizations, businesses, 
and the people of the United States to observe Fi-
nancial Literacy Month with appropriate programs 
and activities. 
Æ 
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IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 245 
Expressing support for designation of April 23 as ‘‘Barbara Johns Day’’ 
to highlight the important role Ms. Barbara Rose Johns (Powell) played 
in the Civil Rights Movement, in Brown v. Board of Education and 
the desegregation of schools, and her role in the history of the United 
States and the lives of United States citizens. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 3, 2017 
Mr. GARRETT (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. BRAT, and Mr. TAY-
LOR) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of April 23 as ‘‘Barbara 
Johns Day’’ to highlight the important role Ms. Barbara 
Rose Johns (Powell) played in the Civil Rights Move-
ment, in Brown v. Board of Education and the desegre-
gation of schools, and her role in the history of the 
United States and the lives of United States citizens. 
Whereas on April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Johns led a 
student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High 
School in Prince Edward, Virginia; 
Whereas after securing legal support from the NAACP, these 
Moton students filed suit in Davis v. Prince Edward 
County, the largest and only student initiated case con-
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solidated into Brown v. Board of Education, the land-
mark 1954 United States Supreme Court decision declar-
ing segregation and the ‘‘separate but equal’’ principle in 
public schools to be unconstitutional; and 
Whereas April 23 would be an appropriate date to designate 
as ‘‘Barbara Johns Day’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Barbara Johns 
Day’’ to highlight the important role Ms. Johns 
played in the lives of United States citizens; 
(2) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling upon the people of the United States 
to observe ‘‘Barbara Johns Day’’ with appropriate 
ceremonies and activities; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to consider the role and impact of Ms. Johns in the 
Civil Rights Movement and the role students have 
had in American history. 
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Whereas Young Audiences Maryland partnered with every 
school district in the State to provide programs to almost 
180,000 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsyl-
vania provided programming to 844 schools and 
partnering institutions serving over 400,000 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with 100,000 
students across New York City; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached more than 
15,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston hosted the Houston 
Arts Partners conference for more than 1,000 partici-
pants and provided 3,000 programs to over 200,000 stu-
dents; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana served more than 
75,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts served more 
than 130,000 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas’ 45 teaching 
artists presented 450 programs to 22,000 students across 
northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California provided 
programs to more than 25,000 students this past year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington cele-
brated its 59th year by partnering with schools to provide 
programs to over 72,000 students across the region; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Rochester, established in 1962, 
is upstate New York’s oldest and most comprehensive 
arts-in-education organization and worked with over 
186,000 students this past year; 
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Whereas expanding access to the mainstream financial sys-
tem will provide individuals with less expensive and more 
secure options for managing finances and building 
wealth; 
Whereas quality personal financial education is essential to 
ensure that individuals are prepared to manage money, 
credit, and debt, and to become responsible workers, 
heads of households, investors, entrepreneurs, business 
leaders, and citizens; 
Whereas increased financial literacy empowers individuals to 
make wise financial decisions and reduces the confusion 
caused by an increasingly complex economy; 
Whereas a greater understanding of, and familiarity with, fi-
nancial markets and institutions will lead to increased 
economic activity and growth; 
Whereas in 2003 and 2011, Congress found it important to 
coordinate Federal financial literacy efforts and formu-
late a national strategy; and 
Whereas in 2003, Congress passed the Financial Literacy 
and Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 9701 et 
seq.), establishing the Financial Literacy and Education 
Commission: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘Financial 
Literacy Month’’, to raise public awareness about— 
(A) the importance of personal financial 
education in the United States; and 
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to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a 
sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to pov-
erty, racism, and militarism. With this powerful commit-
ment we shall boldly challenge the status quo and unjust 
mores, and thereby speed the day when ‘every valley shall 
be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made 
low, the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 
places plain.’ Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate 
ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle 
for a new world. This is the calling of the sons of God, 
and our brothers wait eagerly for our response. Shall we 
say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the strug-
gle is too hard? Will our message be that the forces of 
American life militate against their arrival as full men, 
and we send our deepest regrets? Or will there be another 
message—of longing, of hope, of solidarity with their 
yearnings, of commitment to their cause, whatever the 
cost? The choice is ours, and though we might prefer it 
otherwise, we must choose in this crucial moment of 
human history. And if we will only make the right choice, 
we will be able to transform this pending cosmic elegy 
into a creative psalm of peace. If we will make the right 
choice, we will be able to transform the jangling discords 
of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. 
If we will but make the right choice, we will be able to 
speed up the day, all over America and all over the world, 
when justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness 
like a mighty stream. We must rapidly begin the shift 
from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. 
When machines and computers, profit motives and prop-
erty rights, are considered more important than people, 
the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and 
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militarism are incapable of being conquered.’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 
‘‘Beyond Vietnam’’ sermon by Reverend Dr. Martin 
Luther King, Jr.; 
(2) affirms that the principles enunciated in the 
‘‘Beyond Vietnam’’ sermon were profoundly wise at 
the time they were given, and that they remain valid 
today; and 
(3) encourages the branches of our Government 
that conduct foreign policy to do so in a manner 
that is consistent with the vision delineated in this 
landmark speech. 
Æ 
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IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 249 
Honoring the life and legacy of the first woman to serve in the United 
States Congress, Jeannette Pickering Rankin, on the 100th anniversary 
of her swearing-in to Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana (for herself, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Mr. GOWDY, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. GRANGER, 
Mr. MITCHELL, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS, Ms. LEE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. MCSALLY, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, 
Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. COSTELLO of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mrs. COMSTOCK, 
Ms. FOXX, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
ISSA, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. KILMER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. STEWART, and 
Mrs. ROBY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and legacy of the first woman to serve 
in the United States Congress, Jeannette Pickering 
Rankin, on the 100th anniversary of her swearing-in 
to Congress. 
Whereas Jeannette Pickering Rankin was born June 11, 
1880, near Missoula, Montana; 
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Whereas Jeannette Rankin continued to advocate for women 
and world peace beyond her service in Congress by at-
tending the Women’s International Conference for Per-
manent Peace in 1919, joining the Women’s Inter-
national League for Peace and Freedom, founding the 
Georgia Pearce Society, lobbying on the behalf of the Na-
tional Council on the Prevention of War, and advocating 
for nonviolence and peace during the Vietnam war; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin died May 18, 1973, in Carmel, 
California; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin dedicated her life to public serv-
ice, by giving back to her communities, fighting for civil 
rights, and striving for peace; 
Whereas Jeannette Rankin’s groundbreaking achievement 
paved the way for hundreds of women from across the 
country to make history in Congress, drawing attention 
to the pressing issues of their time and creating policies 
that have impacted generations of Americans; and 
Whereas women have served in Congress for 100 years: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the life and accomplishments of 
the first United States Congresswoman, Jeannette 
P. Rankin; and 
(2) commemorates 100 years of women serving 
in the United States Congress. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 256 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 11, 2018. 
Whereas the United States has shown strong commitment to 
the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and 
democratic development of the countries that emerged 
from the ashes of the former Soviet Union and the com-
munist bloc it once dominated; 
Whereas many of these countries have, during the past three 
decades, undertaken the extensive political and economic 
reforms necessary to achieve their aspirations for Euro-
pean and Euro-Atlantic integration, or are continuing to 
do so; 
Whereas the incorporation of Central and Eastern European 
countries into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) has contributed to a vision of Europe that is 
whole and free and united in peace, democracy, and com-
mon values; 
Whereas the mission of NATO since its founding in 1949 is 
to defend its members from aggression, enhance coopera-
tion on defense and security issues, and promote the 
peaceful resolution of disputes; 
Whereas NATO remains the most important and critical se-
curity link between the United States and Europe;
IV 
House Calendar No. 39 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 254 
[Report No. 115–88] 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1628) to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2017. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1628) 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017. 
Resolved, That during further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1628) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 
II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2017, as amended, pursuant to House Resolution 
228, the further amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be 
considered as adopted. 
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House Calendar No. 39 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 254 
[Report No. 115–88] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1628) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2017. 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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including in our technology, cybersecurity, news, 
games, literature, music, and education. 
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