III 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 287 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2004 
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and honoring the life of the late Rau´l Julia´, 
his dedication to ending world hunger, and his great 
contributions to the Latino community and the per-
forming arts. 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ made his Broadway debut just a few 
weeks after arriving in New York City in 1964 in 
Calderon’s ‘‘Life is a Dream’’; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´, after only 3 years of living in New York 
City, was instrumental opening doors for nontraditional 
parts for Hispanic actors by taking the role of Demetrius 
in Shakespeare’s ‘‘Titus Andronicus’’ at the New York 
Shakespeare Festival and Cradeau in Sartre’s ‘‘No Exit’’;
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Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was the busiest Hispanic Shakespearean 
actor in New York and the first to establish a decades- 
long association with Joseph Papp and the New York 
Shakespeare Festival; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ began an impressive and productive 28- 
year association with Joseph Papp and the New York 
Shakespeare Festival as Macduff in the Festival’s Mobile 
Unit, Spanish language production of MacBeth; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ became the first Puerto Rican actor to 
conquer Broadway stages by having his work be nomi-
nated for 4 different Tony Awards in 10 years: ‘‘Two 
Gentlemen of Verona’’, ‘‘Where’s Charley?’’, ‘‘Three-
penny Opera’’, and ‘‘Nine’’; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ provided a role model for millions of chil-
dren in his role as ‘‘Rafael, the Fix-It Man’’ in Sesame 
Street; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was a dedicated leader in the fight 
against the rising rates of teen violence and cosponsored 
scriptwriting competitions for high school students as a 
way to encourage teenagers to express their emotions 
through art rather than through violence; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´’s dedication to help Hispanic-American 
film and television writers develop their work led him to 
co-found the Latino Playwrights Reading Workshops; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was instrumental in the formation of the 
now legendary Puerto Rico Traveling Theater, an off- 
Broadway nonprofit Puerto Rican theater that to this 
day continues to promote and showcase bilingual plays, 
new Hispanic playwrights and Spanish-speaking actors 
while bringing theater to those who cannot ordinarily af-
ford it;
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Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was a leader in the entertainment indus-
try, particularly as a tireless mentor and role model to 
emerging Latino actors; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was a dedicated activist and humani-
tarian who in his lifetime became a major supporter and 
spokesperson for the Hunger Project, a nonprofit organi-
zation committed to the eradication of world hunger; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was tireless in his commitment to the 
Puerto Rican film industry and to the making of Spanish 
language films and continued to participate in small, 
independent, Spanish-language films even after having 
become a Hollywood star; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was an extremely successful stage, film 
and television actor who never abandoned his Puerto 
Rican heritage, never changed his name and never gave 
up his accent, thereby becoming an enduring role model 
for hundreds of Latino actors; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ received the Hispanic Heritage Award 
recognizing his many career achievements for the Latino 
community, including his involvement in ‘‘La Familia’’, a 
New York City outreach program for Latino families in 
need, the Puerto Rican traveling theater, the Museo del 
Barrio, and the New York Shakespeare Festival; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ received the National Board of Review 
Best Actor prize for his interpretation of the political 
prisoner Valentin in the award-winning landmark film 
‘‘The Kiss of the Spider Woman’’, an award he shared 
with his co-star William Hurt;
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Whereas Rau´l Julia´ posthumously received the prestigious 
Emmy Award, Cable Ace Award, Golden Globe Award, 
and the SAG Award, given by his fellow actors for his 
most famous roles including Chico Mendes in ‘‘The Burn-
ing Season’’; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was proud of his Puerto Rican heritage 
and his life and work reflected his strong commitment to 
his culture and the people of Puerto Rico; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was given a state funeral in Puerto Rico 
and since that time there have been many awards and 
honors created in his name: a scholarship at Julliard, a 
scholarship given to a promising young actor for the pur-
pose of studying and performing Shakespeare at the Jo-
seph Papp Public Theater, the Rau´l Julia´ Award for Ex-
cellence given annually by the National Endowment for 
the Hispanic Arts in Washington, DC, El Teatro Rau´l 
Julia´ in San Juan Puerto Rico, and the Rau´l Julia´ Glob-
al Citizen Award, an annual award being given this year 
for the first time by the Puerto Rican Family Institute 
based in New York City; 
Whereas Rau´l Julia´ was recognized by the Mayor of the City 
of New York with the creation of Rau´l Julia´ Day which 
was celebrated and commemorated in conjunction with 
Puerto Rican Heritage and Culture Month on November 
21, 1994: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress recognizes and honors the 
life of the late Rau´l Julia´, his dedication to ending world
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hunger, and his great contributions to the Latino commu-
nity and the performing arts. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.