ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 96
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To create an America 250 state commission to work jointly with the federal America 250
commission to help plan and coordinate the celebration of the semiquincentennial
anniversary of the United States of America.
WHEREAS, on July 4, 2026, Americans across the United States will celebrate the
250th anniversary of our great nation's founding, and America 250 is working tirelessly to
organize and facilitate the observance of this milestone nationwide; and
WHEREAS, America 250 was established by the Semiquincentennial Commission
Act of 2016 and is a federal commission that collaborates with affiliates at the local,
territorial, state, tribal, regional, national, and international levels; the commission strives
to educate, engage, and unite Americans throughout a commemorative period that ranges
from 2020 to 2027; its efforts will culminate during the celebrations on July 4, 2026; and
WHEREAS, America 250's February 2022 Report to the President of the United
States accounted for twenty-one states that have established commissions; these state
commissions support America 250's mission by planning and implementing programs that
honor the history and culture of the United States, including public art displays, museum
exhibitions, and educational curricula, and the federal commission expects the widest
participation to occur through state and local projects such as these; and
WHEREAS, America 250 intends for the celebration to inspire the American spirit
by deepening our understanding of our nation's history and the democratic process; it also
strives to increase engagement in community and government and to foster unity between
the "many" Americans and "one" nation; and
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WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana can pay tribute to our nation's most foundational
values by joining in the celebration of the United States of America's two hundred fiftieth
anniversary.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
create an America 250 state commission to work jointly with the federal America 250
commission to help plan and coordinate the celebration of the semiquincentennial
anniversary of the United States of America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall be composed of any
members of the federal commission residing in the state of Louisiana as well as the
following members:
(1) The governor, or his designee.
(2) The lieutenant governor, or his designee.
(3) The secretary of state, or his designee.
(4) The assistant secretary of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and
Tourism, office of tourism, shall appoint one member.
(5) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall appoint one
member.
(6) The president of the Louisiana Historical Association shall appoint one member.
(7) The assistant secretary of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and
Tourism, office of cultural development shall appoint one member.
(8) The president of the Louisiana Association of Museums shall appoint one
member.
(9) The governor of the Order of the Granaderos y Damas de Galvez shall appoint
one member.
(10) The state archivist shall appoint one member.
(11) The executive director of the Governor's Office of Indian Affairs shall appoint
one member.
(12) The president of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities shall appoint one
member.
(13) The commissioner of higher education shall appoint one member.
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(14) The assistant secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism,
office of state museums shall appoint one member.
(15) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member.
(16) The president of the Senate shall appoint one member.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall be funded solely through
donations and federal funds and that it shall be abolished on December 31, 2026.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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