IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 94 
Recognizing the opening of the nonsectarian Museum of the Bible in Wash-
ington, D.C., the only museum of its size and scope in the world devoted 
exclusively to the Bible. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2017 
Mr. PITTENGER (for himself, Mr. PEARCE, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 
KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. COLE, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. BANKS of Indi-
ana, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 
NORMAN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. JONES, 
Mr. FLORES, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HARPER, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. CLEAVER, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, and Mr. LAMBORN) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the opening of the nonsectarian Museum of the 
Bible in Washington, D.C., the only museum of its size 
and scope in the world devoted exclusively to the Bible. 
Whereas the Bible has played a prominent role in the culture 
of the United States and has been a significant influence 
throughout the history of our Nation; 
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•HCON 94 IH 
Whereas, in 1956, Congress passed a Joint Resolution adopt-
ing ‘‘In God We Trust’’ as the official motto of the 
United States; 
Whereas, in 1982, Congress passed the Joint Resolution enti-
tled ‘‘Joint Resolution authorizing and requesting the 
President to proclaim 1983 as the ‘Year of the Bible’ ’’ 
(Public Law 97–280), finding that the Bible ‘‘has made 
a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a 
distinctive and blessed nation and people’’; 
Whereas, on November 17, 2017, the Museum of the Bible 
opened a 430,000-square-foot nonprofit museum in 
Washington, D.C., 3 blocks from the Capitol, and will be 
free to all visitors; 
Whereas the Museum of the Bible is a nonsectarian institu-
tion that does not promote any faith or denomination; 
Whereas, in 2014, the architectural concept submission for 
the Museum of the Bible was approved by the Commis-
sion of Fine Arts, the local Washington, D.C., Advisory 
Neighborhood Commission, and the Historic Preservation 
Review Board, and the primary building of the Museum 
of the Bible was awarded historical status by the Historic 
Preservation Review Board; 
Whereas the Museum of the Bible will have 3 primary exhibit 
floors focused on the history, narrative, and impact of the 
Bible; 
Whereas the entrance to the Museum of the Bible will feature 
2, 40-foot-tall bronze panels that contain the first lines 
of Genesis in Latin, as originally printed in the Guten-
berg Bible, and art glass panels featuring a papyrus con-
taining the 19th psalm; and 
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•HCON 94 IH 
Whereas the Museum of the Bible is an innovative, global, 
nonsectarian educational institution the purpose of which 
is to permit all people to engage with the Bible: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the opening of the Museum of 
the Bible in Washington, D.C., the first non-
sectarian museum of its kind in the capital of the 
United States focused exclusively on the history, 
narrative, and impact of the Bible; and 
(2) commends the leadership, staff, scholars, 
designers, construction workers, and volunteers who 
worked tirelessly to realize the goal of opening a mu-
seum, free to the public, with the nonsectarian pur-
pose of ‘‘inviting all people to engage with the 
Bible’’. 
Æ 
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