US Congress endorses Seven Noahide Laws
US Congress resolves that “March 26, 1991, the start of the ninetieth year of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement, is designated as `Education Day, U.S.A.’. The President is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.” To designate March 26, 1991, as `Education Day, U.S.A.’. (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
–H.J.Res.104–
H.J.Res.104
One Hundred Second Congress of the United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one
Joint Resolution
To designate March 26, 1991, as `Education Day, U.S.A.’.
Whereas Congress recognizes the historical tradition of ethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded;
Whereas these ethical values and principles have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws;
Whereas without these ethical values and principles the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos;
Whereas society is profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of these principles that has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of civilized society;
Whereas the justified preoccupation with these crises must not let the citizens of this Nation lose sight of their responsibility to transmit these historical ethical values from our distinguished past to the generations of the future;
Whereas the Lubavitch movement has fostered and promoted these ethical values and principles throughout the world;
Whereas Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Lubavitch movement, is universally respected and revered and his eighty-ninth birthday falls on March 26, 1991;
Whereas in tribute to this great spiritual leader, `the rebbe’, this, his ninetieth year will be seen as one of `education and giving’, the year in which we turn to education and charity to return the world to the moral and ethical values contained in the Seven Noahide Laws; and
Whereas this will be reflected in an international scroll of honor signed by the President of the United States and other heads of state: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That March 26, 1991, the start of the ninetieth year of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement, is designated as `Education Day, U.S.A.’. The President is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Cosponsors of the Bill:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil – 2/27/1991 [HI-1]
Rep Andrews, Robert E. – 2/6/1991 [NJ-1]
Rep Annunzio, Frank – 2/6/1991 [IL-11]
Rep Archer, Bill – 2/6/1991 [TX-7]
Rep Aspin, Les – 2/27/1991 [WI-1]
Rep Bacchus, Jim – 2/27/1991 [FL-11]
Rep Ballenger, Cass – 3/5/1991 [NC-10]
Rep Bateman, Herbert H. – 3/5/1991 [VA-1]
Rep Bentley, Helen Delich – 2/6/1991 [MD-2]
Rep Berman, Howard L. – 2/6/1991 [CA-26]
Rep Bevill, Tom – 2/6/1991 [AL-4]
Rep Bilbray, James H. – 2/27/1991 [NV-1]
Rep Bliley, Tom – 2/6/1991 [VA-3]
Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. – 3/5/1991 [NY-25]
Rep Borski, Robert A. – 2/27/1991 [PA-3]
Rep Boucher, Rick – 2/27/1991 [VA-9]
Rep Brewster, Bill K. – 2/27/1991 [OK-3]
Rep Broomfield, William S. – 2/27/1991 [MI-18]
Rep Brown, George E., Jr. – 2/27/1991 [CA-36]
Rep Bruce, Terry L. – 2/27/1991 [IL-19]
Rep Bunning, Jim – 2/6/1991 [KY-4]
Rep Burton, Dan – 2/27/1991 [IN-6]
Rep Bustamante, Albert G. – 3/5/1991 [TX-23]
Rep Byron, Beverly B. – 2/27/1991 [MD-6]
Rep Camp, Dave – 2/27/1991 [MI-10]
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. – 2/27/1991 [MD-3]
Rep Carper, Thomas R. – 2/27/1991 [DE-98]
Rep Carr, Bob – 2/27/1991 [MI-6]
Rep Chandler, Rod D. – 2/27/1991 [WA-8]
Rep Chapman, Jim – 3/5/1991 [TX-1]
Rep Clement, Bob – 2/6/1991 [TN-5]
Rep Coble, Howard – 2/27/1991 [NC-6]
Rep Coleman, Ronald D. – 2/27/1991 [TX-16]
Rep Collins, Cardiss – 3/5/1991 [IL-7]
Rep Costello, Jerry F. – 3/5/1991 [IL-21]
Rep Crane, Philip M. – 3/5/1991 [IL-12]
Rep de la Garza, E. – 3/5/1991 [TX-15]
Rep de Lugo, Ron – 2/27/1991 [VI]
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. – 2/27/1991 [OR-4]
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. – 2/27/1991 [CT-3]
Rep Dellums, Ronald V. – 3/5/1991 [CA-8]
Rep Dicks, Norman D. – 2/27/1991 [WA-6]
Rep Donnelly, Brian J. – 2/27/1991 [MA-11]
Rep Dornan, Robert K. – 2/6/1991 [CA-38]
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. – 2/6/1991 [TN-2]
Rep Dwyer, Bernard J. – 2/27/1991 [NJ-6]
Rep Dymally, Mervyn M. – 2/27/1991 [CA-31]
Rep Early, Joseph D. – 3/5/1991 [MA-3]
Rep Eckart, Dennis E. – 2/27/1991 [OH-11]
Rep Emerson, Bill – 3/5/1991 [MO-8]
Rep Erdreich, Ben – 2/27/1991 [AL-6]
Rep Espy, Mike – 2/6/1991 [MS-2]
Rep Evans, Lane – 3/5/1991 [IL-17]
Rep Fascell, Dante B. – 2/6/1991 [FL-19]
Rep Fawell, Harris W. – 3/5/1991 [IL-13]
Rep Fazio, Vic – 2/6/1991 [CA-4]
Rep Feighan, Edward F. – 2/6/1991 [OH-19]
Rep Fields, Jack – 3/5/1991 [TX-8]
Rep Fish, Hamilton, Jr. – 3/5/1991 [NY-21]
Rep Foglietta, Thomas M. – 2/27/1991 [PA-1]
Rep Franks, Gary A. – 3/5/1991 [CT-5]
Rep Frost, Martin – 2/27/1991 [TX-24]
Rep Gallo, Dean A. – 2/6/1991 [NJ-11]
Rep Gejdenson, Sam – 3/5/1991 [CT-2]
Rep Gekas, George W. – 2/27/1991 [PA-17]
Rep Gephardt, Richard A. – 1/31/1991 [MO-3]
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. – 2/27/1991 [NY-22]
Rep Gingrich, Newt – 3/5/1991 [GA-6]
Rep Gordon, Bart – 2/6/1991 [TN-6]
Rep Grandy, Fred – 3/5/1991 [IA-6]
Rep Gray, William H., III – 2/27/1991 [PA-2]
Rep Green, S. William – 2/27/1991 [NY-15]
Rep Guarini, Frank J. – 3/5/1991 [NJ-14]
Rep Hansen, James V. – 3/5/1991 [UT-1]
Rep Harris, Claude – 2/27/1991 [AL-7]
Rep Hastert, J. Dennis – 2/27/1991 [IL-14]
Rep Hayes, Charles A. – 2/27/1991 [IL-1]
Rep Hefner, W. G. (Bill) – 3/5/1991 [NC-8]
Rep Henry, Paul B. – 2/6/1991 [MI-5]
Rep Hochbrueckner, George J. – 3/5/1991 [NY-1]
Rep Horn, Joan Kelly – 2/27/1991 [MO-2]
Rep Horton, Frank J. – 2/6/1991 [NY-29]
Rep Houghton, Amo – 2/27/1991 [NY-34]
Rep Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) – 2/27/1991 [LA-5]
Rep Hughes, William J. – 2/27/1991 [NJ-2]
Rep Hyde, Henry J. – 3/5/1991 [IL-6]
Rep Inhofe, Jim – 2/27/1991 [OK-1]
Rep Ireland, Andrew P. – 2/6/1991 [FL-10]
Rep Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. – 2/27/1991 [IN-10]
Rep Jenkins, Edgar L. – 3/5/1991 [GA-9]
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. – 3/5/1991 [CT-6]
Rep Johnson, Tim – 2/27/1991 [SD]
Rep Jones, Walter B. – 2/27/1991 [NC-1]
Rep Jontz, Jim – 2/27/1991 [IN-5]
Rep Kaptur, Marcy – 2/27/1991 [OH-9]
Rep Kasich, John R. – 3/5/1991 [OH-12]
Rep Kennelly, Barbara B. – 3/5/1991 [CT-1]
Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. – 2/27/1991 [WI-4]
Rep Klug, Scott L. – 2/27/1991 [WI-2]
Rep Kolter, Joseph P. – 2/27/1991 [PA-4]
Rep Kopetski, Mike – 2/6/1991 [OR-5]
Rep Kostmayer, Peter H. – 3/5/1991 [PA-8]
Rep LaFalce, John J. – 2/6/1991 [NY-32]
Rep Lagomarsino, Robert J. – 2/27/1991 [CA-19]
Rep Lancaster, H. Martin – 3/5/1991 [NC-3]
Rep Lantos, Tom – 2/27/1991 [CA-11]
Rep Leach, James A. – 2/27/1991 [IA-1]
Rep Lehman, Richard H. – 3/5/1991 [CA-18]
Rep Lehman, William – 2/27/1991 [FL-17]
Rep Lent, Norman F. – 2/6/1991 [NY-4]
Rep Levin, Sander M. – 2/27/1991 [MI-17]
Rep Lewis, Jerry – 3/5/1991 [CA-35]
Rep Lewis, Thomas F. – 2/27/1991 [FL-12]
Rep Lipinski, William O. – 2/27/1991 [IL-5]
Rep Livingston, Bob – 2/6/1991 [LA-1]
Rep Lloyd, Marilyn – 2/6/1991 [TN-3]
Rep Long, Jill L. – 2/6/1991 [IN-4]
Rep Lowey, Nita M. – 3/5/1991 [NY-20]
Rep Machtley, Ronald K. – 3/5/1991 [RI-1]
Rep Markey, Edward J. – 2/27/1991 [MA-7]
Rep Martin, David O’B. – 2/6/1991 [NY-26]
Rep Martinez, Matthew G. – 2/27/1991 [CA-30]
Rep Mavroules, Nicholas – 3/5/1991 [MA-6]
Rep McCollum, Bill – 2/27/1991 [FL-5]
Rep McGrath, Raymond J. – 2/27/1991 [NY-5]
Rep McHugh, Matthew F. – 3/5/1991 [NY-28]
Rep McNulty, Michael R. – 2/27/1991 [NY-23]
Rep Meyers, Jan – 3/5/1991 [KS-3]
Rep Miller, John R. – 2/27/1991 [WA-1]
Rep Mink, Patsy T. – 2/6/1991 [HI-2]
Rep Moakley, John Joseph – 3/5/1991 [MA-9]
Rep Molinari, Susan – 2/27/1991 [NY-14]
Rep Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) – 2/6/1991 [MS-3]
Rep Moody, Jim – 2/27/1991 [WI-5]
Rep Moorhead, Carlos J. – 2/27/1991 [CA-22]
Rep Morella, Constance A. – 3/5/1991 [MD-8]
Rep Morrison, Sid – 2/27/1991 [WA-4]
Rep Mrazek, Robert J. – 3/5/1991 [NY-3]
Rep Murphy, Austin J. – 2/27/1991 [PA-22]
Rep Nagle, Dave R, – 2/27/1991 [IA-3]
Rep Neal, Richard E. – 2/27/1991 [MA-2]
Rep Nowak, Henry – 2/27/1991 [NY-33]
Rep Oberstar, James L. – 3/5/1991 [MN-8]
Rep Obey, David R. – 2/27/1991 [WI-7]
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. – 2/27/1991 [TX-27]
Rep Owens, Major R. – 3/5/1991 [NY-12]
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. – 2/27/1991 [NJ-3]
Rep Panetta, Leon – 2/27/1991 [CA-16]
Rep Patterson, Elizabeth – 2/27/1991 [SC-4]
Rep Paxon, Bill – 2/6/1991 [NY-31]
Rep Payne, Donald M. – 2/6/1991 [NJ-10]
Rep Perkins, Carl C. – 2/6/1991 [KY-7]
Rep Peterson, Collin C. – 2/27/1991 [MN-7]
Rep Peterson, Douglas (Pete) – 2/27/1991 [FL-2]
Rep Petri, Thomas E. – 3/5/1991 [WI-6]
Rep Pickett, Owen B. – 2/27/1991 [VA-2]
Rep Pickle, J. J. – 2/27/1991 [TX-10]
Rep Porter, John Edward – 2/27/1991 [IL-10]
Rep Poshard, Glenn – 2/27/1991 [IL-22]
Rep Price, David E. – 2/27/1991 [NC-4]
Rep Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) – 3/5/1991 [TN-1]
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II – 2/27/1991 [WV-4]
Rep Ramstad, Jim – 2/6/1991 [MN-3]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. – 2/27/1991 [NY-16]
Rep Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. – 3/5/1991 [SC-1]
Rep Regula, Ralph – 2/27/1991 [OH-16]
Rep Rinaldo, Matthew J. – 2/27/1991 [NJ-7]
Rep Ritter, Don – 2/27/1991 [PA-15]
Rep Roberts, Pat – 2/6/1991 [KS-1]
Rep Roe, Robert A. – 2/27/1991 [NJ-8]
Rep Roemer, Tim – 2/27/1991 [IN-3]
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana – 2/27/1991 [FL-18]
Rep Rose, Charlie – 2/27/1991 [NC-7]
Rep Rowland, J. Roy – 2/27/1991 [GA-8]
Rep Roybal, Edward R. – 2/6/1991 [CA-25]
Rep Russo, Martin A. – 2/27/1991 [IL-3]
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav – 2/27/1991 [MN-5]
Rep Sangmeister, George E. – 2/27/1991 [IL-4]
Rep Santorum, Rick – 2/27/1991 [PA-18]
Rep Saxton, Jim – 2/27/1991 [NJ-13]
Rep Scheuer, James H. – 2/27/1991 [NY-8]
Rep Schumer, Charles E. – 2/27/1991 [NY-10]
Rep Serrano, Jose E. – 2/27/1991 [NY-18]
Rep Sharp, Philip R. – 3/5/1991 [IN-2]
Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. – 3/5/1991 [FL-15]
Rep Shays, Christopher – 2/27/1991 [CT-4]
Rep Shuster, Bud – 3/5/1991 [PA-9]
Rep Sisisky, Norman – 3/5/1991 [VA-4]
Rep Skaggs, David E. – 2/27/1991 [CO-2]
Rep Skeen, Joe – 3/5/1991 [NM-2]
Rep Slattery, Jim – 2/6/1991 [KS-2]
Rep Smith, Christopher H. – 3/5/1991 [NJ-4]
Rep Smith, Lamar – 3/5/1991 [TX-21]
Rep Smith, Lawrence – 2/27/1991 [FL-16]
Rep Smith, Robert – 3/5/1991 [OR-2]
Rep Snowe, Olympia J. – 3/5/1991 [ME-2]
Rep Solarz, Stephen J. – 2/27/1991 [NY-13]
Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. – 3/5/1991 [NY-24]
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. – 3/5/1991 [SC-5]
Rep Stenholm, Charles W. – 3/5/1991 [TX-17]
Rep Stump, Bob – 2/6/1991 [AZ-3]
Rep Swett, Dick – 3/5/1991 [NH-2]
Rep Synar, Mike – 2/27/1991 [OK-2]
Rep Taylor, Gene – 2/27/1991 [MS-5]
Rep Thomas, Lindsay – 2/27/1991 [GA-1]
Rep Thomas, William M. – 2/27/1991 [CA-20]
Rep Torricelli, Robert G. – 3/5/1991 [NJ-9]
Rep Towns, Edolphus – 2/27/1991 [NY-11]
Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. – 2/6/1991 [OH-17]
Rep Traxler, Bob – 2/6/1991 [MI-8]
Rep Unsoeld, Jolene – 2/27/1991 [WA-3]
Rep Upton, Fred – 2/27/1991 [MI-4]
Rep Valentine, Tim – 2/27/1991 [NC-2]
Rep Vento, Bruce F. – 3/5/1991 [MN-4]
Rep Walsh, James T. – 2/27/1991 [NY-27]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. – 3/5/1991 [CA-24]
Rep Weber, Vin – 2/27/1991 [MN-2]
Rep Weiss, Ted – 3/5/1991 [NY-17]
Rep Wilson, Charles – 2/27/1991 [TX-2]
Rep Wise, Robert E., Jr. – 2/27/1991 [WV-3]
Rep Wolf, Frank R. – 2/6/1991 [VA-10]
Rep Wolpe, Howard E. – 3/5/1991 [MI-3]
Rep Wyden, Ron – 3/5/1991 [OR-3]
Rep Yatron, Gus – 2/27/1991 [PA-6]
Rep Zimmer, Dick – 2/27/1991 [NJ-12]