IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 30 
Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service of former President 
James Earl ‘‘Jimmy’’ Carter, Jr. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, 
Mr. JACK, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCCORMICK, 
Mr. AUSTIN
SCOTT
of Georgia, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. GREENE 
of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COSTA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. MENG, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. BROWN, 
Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Ms. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. GARCIA 
of Texas, Ms. STEVENS, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. 
DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. IVEY, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. CROCKETT, 
Ms. PELOSI, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. DINGELL, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. STANTON, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. EVANS of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. LIEU, 
Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. TORRES of 
California, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. FIGURES, Ms. 
MCDONALD RIVET, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, 
Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. 
CASTEN, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. 
HERNA´NDEZ, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. CARSON, Ms. POU, Mr. CROW, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
CISNEROS, Ms. SIMON, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. TOKUDA, and Ms. DELBENE) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
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RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service 
of former President James Earl ‘‘Jimmy’’ Carter, Jr. 
Whereas, on October 1, 1924, James Earl Carter, Jr., was 
born in Plains, Georgia; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter was born to James Earl Carter, Sr., 
a peanut farmer and businessowner, and Bessie Lillian 
Gordy Carter, a registered nurse who also counseled 
Black women on health care issues; 
Whereas when he was 4 years old, Jimmy Carter and his 
family moved to Archery, Georgia, where his father 
farmed and cultivated a variety of crops including corn, 
peanuts, cotton, and sugarcane; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter lived on his family’s farm until he be-
came the first person from his father’s side of the family 
to graduate from high school and departed for college; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter studied engineering at Georgia 
Southwestern Junior College before joining the Naval 
ROTC program at the Georgia Institute of Technology to 
continue his engineering studies; 
Whereas in 1943, Jimmy Carter was accepted into the Naval 
Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter received a bachelor of science degree 
from the United States Naval Academy in 1946; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter served as a submariner, serving in 
both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, rising to the rank of 
lieutenant; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter was chosen by Admiral Hyman Rick-
over for the nuclear submarine program and became one 
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of the iconic ‘‘Rickover’s Boys’’, and was assigned to 
Schenectady, New York, where he pursued graduate 
studies at Union College in reactor technology and nu-
clear physics; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter served as senior officer of the 
precommissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second nuclear 
submarine; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter married Rosalynn Smith on July 7, 
1946; 
Whereas Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had 4 children, Jack, 
James III, Donnel, and Amy Carter; 
Whereas in 1953, after the passing of his father, Jimmy Car-
ter resigned from his naval commission and returned with 
his family to Plains, Georgia, to take over the Carter 
farms; 
Whereas Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter worked tirelessly to 
successfully resuscitate the family’s farming business, 
while becoming active in community politics in Sumter 
County, Georgia; 
Whereas in 1955, Jimmy Carter won a seat on the Sumter 
County Board of Education and eventually became the 
Board’s chairman; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter won election to the Georgia Senate in 
1962; 
Whereas, during his tenure as a State senator, Jimmy Car-
ter, was recognized as a pragmatic politician, curbing 
wasteful spending while supporting civil rights; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter was sworn in as Georgia’s 76th Gov-
ernor on January 12, 1971; 
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Whereas, during his tenure as Georgia’s Governor, he pub-
licly called for the end of segregation, and promoted edu-
cation and prison policy reform, while increasing the 
number of Black officials in State government; 
Whereas his signature accomplishment as Governor was mod-
ernizing Georgia’s State bureaucracy, making the State 
government lean and efficient through thoughtful spend-
ing; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter served as the Democratic National 
Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congres-
sional and gubernational elections; 
Whereas in 1976, Jimmy Carter became the Democratic Par-
ty’s Presidential nominee, with running mate Walter 
Mondale, Senator from Minnesota; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter was elected President on November 
2, 1976; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter was known for his genuine connection 
to the people he served, famously walking down Pennsyl-
vania Avenue on his inauguration day with his wife 
Rosalynn and daughter Amy; 
Whereas his foreign policy accomplishments included the 
Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the 
treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II 
treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of 
United States diplomatic relations with the People’s Re-
public of China; 
Whereas, on October 17, 1979, President Carter signed the 
Department of Education Organization Act into law, 
forming the Department of Education; 
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Whereas President Carter encouraged energy conservation ef-
forts and called on every American to reduce their waste 
and use energy resources more efficiently; 
Whereas, on August 4, 1977, President Carter signed the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act into law, forming 
the Department of Energy; 
Whereas in 1978, President Carter championed and signed 
the National Energy Act which established energy goals, 
such as reducing the Nation’s dependency on oil, increas-
ing the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar en-
ergy, and mandating improved automotive mileage stand-
ards to ensure vehicles became more fuel efficient; 
Whereas in 1980, President Carter signed the Energy Secu-
rity Act, which offered incentives for private industries to 
invest in innovative approaches to renewable energy and 
included tax credits to businesses and homeowners; 
Whereas President Carter also demonstrated his commitment 
to conservation and the protection of wildlife by signing 
the Alaska National Interest Conservation Act of 1980 
into law, to protect access to public lands and preserve 
Alaska Native culture and the State’s wilderness; 
Whereas after leaving the White House, President Carter be-
came a University Distinguished Professor at Emory 
University in Atlanta, Georgia, and later with his wife, 
Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center; 
Whereas under President Carter’s leadership, the Carter Cen-
ter and its staff worked tirelessly in efforts to resolve 
conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and 
prevent disease, most notably contributing greatly to the 
eradication of Guinea worm disease; 
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Whereas President Carter and the Carter Center have en-
gaged in conflict mediation in Ethiopia, Eritrea, North 
Korea, Liberia, Haiti, Bosnia, Sudan, the Great Lakes 
region of Africa, Sudan and Uganda, Venezuela, Nepal, 
Ecuador, Colombia, the Middle East, and Mali; 
Whereas under his leadership, the Carter Center has sent 
125 election observation missions to the Americas, Africa, 
and Asia; 
Whereas in 1986, the permanent facilities of the Carter Pres-
idential Center and the Jimmy Carter Library and Mu-
seum were dedicated in his honor; 
Whereas in 1987, the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site 
was dedicated in his honor, and would be designated as 
a national historic park in 2021; 
Whereas, on December 10, 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Com-
mittee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to President Car-
ter ‘‘for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful so-
lutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy 
and human rights, and to promote economic and social 
development’’; 
Whereas Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter continued to be heavily 
involved in their community, volunteering 1 week a year 
for Habitat for Humanity to help people in the United 
States and in other countries renovate and build homes 
for themselves, until 2020; 
Whereas Jimmy Carter lived a life deeply committed to his 
faith, including teaching Sunday School at Maranatha 
Baptist Church in his home of Plains, Georgia, for more 
than 40 years; 
Whereas at the time of her passing, Rosalynn and Jimmy 
Carter had been married for 77 years, and had been 
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blessed with 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great- 
grandchildren; 
Whereas, on February 18, 2023, President Carter decided to 
spend his remaining time at home with his family and re-
ceive hospice care; 
Whereas, on December 29, 2024, President Carter passed 
away at home in Plains, Georgia; and 
Whereas Jimmy Carter led his life and his country with in-
tegrity, humility, and an unwavering commitment to jus-
tice, championing human rights, prioritizing diplomacy, 
and fighting tirelessly for marginalized communities, 
leaving a legacy of moral leadership: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life, achievements, legacy, and 
distinguished public service of James ‘‘Jimmy’’ Earl 
Carter, Jr.; 
(2) is saddened by the death of James Earl 
Carter, Jr. and expresses its deepest condolences his 
family; 
(3) acknowledges the long-lasting impacts of 
James Earl Carter, Jr., and his contributions to the 
State of Georgia, the United States, and the world; 
and 
(4) establishes the legacy of James Earl Carter, 
Jr., as one of the great leaders and statesmen of the 
United States. 
Æ 
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