IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 117 
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2007 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia (for herself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. 
DRAKE, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SCOTT 
of Virginia, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. FORBES, and Mr. 
GOODE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the settlement 
of Jamestown. 
Whereas the founding of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, 
in 1607, the first permanent English colony in America, 
and the capital of Virginia for 92 years, has major sig-
nificance in the history of the United States; 
Whereas the Jamestown Settlement owed its survival in large 
measure to the compassion and aid of the Native people 
in its vicinity; 
Whereas Native Virginia people substantially aided the 
Jamestown colonists with food and supplies at times that 
were crucial to their survival; 
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•HCON 117 IH 
Whereas the Native people served as guides to geography and 
natural resources, crucial assistance in the Virginia colo-
nists’ exploration of the Chesapeake Region; 
Whereas the Jamestown Settlement brought people from 
throughout the Atlantic Basin together to form a society 
that drew upon the strengths and characteristics of 
English, European, African, and Native American cul-
tures; 
Whereas the economic, political, religious, and social institu-
tions that developed during the first 9 decades of the ex-
istence of Jamestown continue to have profound effects 
on the United States, particularly in English common law 
and language, cross cultural relationships, manufac-
turing, and economic structure and status; 
Whereas the National Park Service, the Association for the 
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and the Jamestown- 
Yorktown Foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
collectively own and operate significant resources related 
to the early history of Jamestown; 
Whereas, in 2000, Congress established the Jamestown 400th 
Commemoration Commission to ensure a suitable na-
tional observance of the Jamestown 2007 anniversary, 
and Congress commends the Commission’s hard work 
and dedication; 
Whereas Congress reminds all Americans of the importance 
of their country’s history and founding at Jamestown; 
and 
Whereas the 2007 observance of the founding of Jamestown 
commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first perma-
nent English colony in America: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HCON 117 IH 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress commemorates the 400th An-
niversary of the founding of the colony Jamestown in 1607 
and urges all Americans to honor this seminal event in 
our Nation’s history. 
Æ 
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