S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".

S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as `Magna Carta Day’. (Committee Discharged Senate - CDS)

SJ 150 CDS

102d CONGRESS

1st Session

S. J. RES. 150

To designate June 15, 1991, as `Magna Carta Day’.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 23 (legislative day, APRIL 25), 1991

Mr. FOWLER (for himself, Mr. ADAMS, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. BRYAN, Mr. BUMPERS, Mr. BURDICK, Mr. BYRD, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. DECONCINI, Mr. DIXON, Mr. EXON, Mr. FORD, Mr. GLENN, Mr. GORE, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HEFLIN, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. METZENBAUM, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. NUNN, Mr. PELL, Mr. REID, Mr. RIEGLE, Mr. ROBB, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SASSER, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. SIMON, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. WIRTH, Mr. WOFFORD, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. BOND, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BURNS, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. D’AMATO, Mr. DANFORTH, Mr. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. DURENBERGER, Mr. GARN, Mr. GORTON, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. HELMS, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. KASTEN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. PRESSLER, Mr. ROTH, Mr. RUDMAN, Mr. SEYMOUR, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. SYMMS, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. WALLOP, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

May 24 (legislative day, APRIL 25), 1991

Committee discharged

JOINT RESOLUTION

To designate June 15, 1991, as `Magna Carta Day’.

Whereas June 15, 1991, marks the 776th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede by King John of England;

Whereas the Magna Carta was exceptional in its prolonged influence on legal and constitutional thought in England and among the English-speaking nations as a statement of fundamental law, enshrining principles of human freedom and liberty;

Whereas the Magna Carta subsequently provided historical precedent for the powerful stream of thought emphasizing the natural rights of the individual that is expressed in the United States Constitution;

Whereas in 1965 Secretary of State Dean Rusk traveled to Runnymede to receive an acre of its ground from Her Majesty the Queen as a gift to the American people in memory of John F. Kennedy: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That June 15, 1991, is designated as `Magna Carta Day’ and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.