IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 781 
Recognizing Girl Scouts of the United States of America on its 106th birthday 
and the importance of leadership development for girls. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. JODY 
B. HICE of Georgia, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. MAST, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. YOHO, Mr. TIPTON, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, 
Mr. HARPER, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. 
GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. BABIN, 
and Mr. DUNN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Girl Scouts of the United States of America 
on its 106th birthday and the importance of leadership 
development for girls. 
Whereas the Girl Scout Movement began on March 12, 1912, 
in Savannah, Georgia, by Juliette ‘‘Daisy’’ Gordon Low, 
whose life mission was to prepare girls to face the world 
with courage, confidence, and character in order to make 
the world a better place, and through whose legacy, Girl 
Scouts continues to have an extraordinary influence on 
the lives of millions of girls across the country; 
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Whereas Girl Scouts is recognized as a national and world 
leader in providing the best leadership development expe-
rience for girls, bringing time-tested methods and re-
search-backed programs that speak to the strengths of 
girl-leadership development, backed by more than 100 
years of experience and expertise in the field; 
Whereas, today, Girl Scouts is 2.6 million strong—1.8 million 
girls and 800,000 adults who believe in the power of 
every G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) 
to change the world; 
Whereas Girl Scouts offers hands-on, girl-led, girl-centered 
learning in science, technology, engineering, and math 
(STEM), the outdoors, entrepreneurship, and beyond, 
helping girls develop invaluable life skills and take the 
lead early and often; 
Whereas, in its second century of service to girls, Girl Scouts 
is continuing a legacy of creating gender-balanced leader-
ship in the United States and the world by providing 
girls with the tools to become leaders dedicated to mak-
ing this country and the world a better place; 
Whereas Girl Scouts has been instrumental in working to de-
velop female leaders in government, business, and public 
service; 
Whereas virtually every female astronaut who has flown in 
space is a Girl Scout alumna, as are the majority of fe-
male CEOs; 
Whereas 57 percent of female Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives, 76 percent of females in the Senate, and 80 
percent of female State Governors were Girl Scouts; 
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