IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 574 
Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2021 
Mr. WOMACK (for himself, Mr. HILL, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 
COLE, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. HINSON, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Mr. CASE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. CARSON, and Ms. CASTOR of Flor-
ida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program. 
Whereas August 1, 2021, marks the 75th anniversary of 
President Harry S. Truman signing into law the Act of 
August 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 754, chapter 723) (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Fulbright Act of 1946’’); 
Whereas the Fulbright Program was established by Senator 
James William Fulbright of Arkansas for the ‘‘promotion 
of international good will through the exchange of stu-
dents in the fields of education, culture, and science’’; 
Whereas the Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau 
of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of 
State; 
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•HRES 574 IH 
Whereas the Fulbright Program provides approximately 
8,000 grants annually and, as of 2021, operates in more 
than 160 countries, including 49 that have established 
cost-sharing binational commissions; 
Whereas approximately 1,300 institutions of higher education 
in the United States, both public and private, host stu-
dents at home and send scholars abroad; 
Whereas current Fulbright students and scholars hail from 
all 50 States and 2 United States territories, and ap-
proximately a quarter are from minority or underrep-
resented populations; 
Whereas approximately 400,000 individuals from across the 
globe have benefitted from this unique opportunity; 
Whereas alumni of the Fulbright Program include 60 Nobel 
Prize laureates, 75 MacArthur Foundation fellows, 89 re-
cipients of the Pulitzer Prize, 39 current or former heads 
of state or government, 16 Presidential Medal of Free-
dom recipients, 5 members of Congress, and a former 
Secretary General of the United Nations; 
Whereas, on April 21, 2016, an American elm was planted 
on the grounds of the United States Capitol in recogni-
tion of the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program; 
and 
Whereas the Fulbright Program promotes United States 
higher education abroad and remains a valuable diplo-
matic tool: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 75th anniversary of the Ful-
bright Program; 
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(2) encourages the President and the Secretary 
of State to work with the Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State to 
support the work of the Fulbright Program; 
(3) congratulates all past and present recipients 
of Fulbright awards; and 
(4) calls on students, scholars, and profes-
sionals around the world to seek out opportunities to 
engage with each other and promote international 
good will. 
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