III 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 274
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commending the National Endowment for Democracy for 
its contributions to democratic development around the 
world on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the 
establishment of the National Endowment for Democ-
racy.
Whereas November 22, 2003, marks the 20th anniversary of 
the establishment of the National Endowment for Democ-
racy (hereinafter the ‘‘Endowment’’), a bipartisan non-
governmental 
institution 
that 
promotes 
democracy 
around the world; 
Whereas through the National Endowment for Democracy 
Act (22 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), signed into law by Presi-
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dent Ronald Reagan on November 22, 1983, Congress 
has made possible the funding of the Endowment’s world-
wide grant programs;
Whereas 2003 also marks the 20th anniversary of the Na-
tional Republican Institute for International Affairs 
(which was subsequently renamed the International Re-
publican Institute (IRI)), the National Democratic Insti-
tute for International Affairs (NDI), and the Center for 
International Private Enterprise (CIPE), all of which 
joined the Free Trade Union Institute (which was subse-
quently renamed as the American Center for Inter-
national Labor Solidarity) to form the four affiliated in-
stitutions of the Endowment; 
Whereas the Endowment and the affiliated institutes have 
supported grassroots programs to build democratic insti-
tutions, spread democratic values, encourage free market 
institutions, and promote political parties, worker rights, 
independent media, human rights, the rule of law, civic 
education, conflict resolution, political participation by 
women, and many other essential components of civil so-
ciety and democratic governance in emerging and transi-
tional democracies, nondemocracies, and war-torn soci-
eties; 
Whereas the programs carried out or funded by the Endow-
ment have made significant contributions to the efforts of 
democratic activists to achieve freedom and self-govern-
ance around the world; 
Whereas the Endowment, through the Journal of Democracy, 
the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the 
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program, and the 
World Movement for Democracy, has served as a key 
center of democratic research, exchange, and networking,
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bringing together thousands of democracy activists, schol-
ars, and practitioners from around the world; and 
Whereas the spread of democracy throughout the world, to 
which the work of the Endowment has contributed sig-
nificantly, has enhanced the national security interests of 
the United States and advanced democratic ideals and 
values throughout the world: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
(1) commends the National Endowment for De-
mocracy for its major contributions to the strength-
ening of democracy around the world on the occa-
sion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of 
the Endowment; and 
(2) endeavors to continue to support the vital 
work of the National Endowment for Democracy.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.