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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 30
5	5	Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service of former President
6	6	James Earl ‘‘Jimmy’’ Carter, Jr.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY9, 2025
9	9	Ms. W
10	10	ILLIAMSof Georgia (for herself, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CARTERof Georgia,
11	11	Mr. J
12	12	ACK, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCCORMICK,
13	13	Mr. A
14	14	USTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. COLLINS, Mr.
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16	16	OUDERMILK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Ms. GREENE
17	17	of Georgia, Mrs. W
18	18	ATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. KENNEDYof New York, Mr.
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20	20	OGGETT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COSTA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.
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22	22	ONKO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. MENG, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. WILSONof
23	23	Florida, Ms. T
24	24	LAIB, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE,
25	25	Mr. J
26	26	ACKSONof Illinois, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. BROWN,
27	27	Mrs. C
28	28	HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. MORELLE, Mr.
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30	30	ITZPATRICK, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs.
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32	32	ADEWAGEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Ms. GARCIA
33	33	of Texas, Ms. S
34	34	TEVENS, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. FIELDS, Ms.
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36	36	EANof Pennsylvania, Mr. IVEY, Mr. GREENof Texas, Ms. CROCKETT,
37	37	Ms. P
38	38	ELOSI, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. DINGELL,
39	39	Mr. H
40	40	UFFMAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MULLIN, Mr.
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42	42	YNCH, Mr. STANTON, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. EVANSof
43	43	Pennsylvania, Mr. N
44	44	ADLER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. LIEU,
45	45	Mr. N
46	46	ORCROSS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms.
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48	48	A´NCHEZ, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr.
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50	50	OLDMANof New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. TORRESof
51	51	California, Mr. V
52	52	EASEY, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Mr. FIGURES, Ms.
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54	54	CDONALDRIVET, Mr. BOYLEof Pennsylvania, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI,
55	55	Mr. M
56	56	ENENDEZ, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PA-
57	57	NETTA, Mr. THOMPSONof California, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr.
58	58	C
59	59	ASTEN, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr.
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61	61	ERNA´NDEZ, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. LAWLER, Ms.
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63	63	ELAURO, Mr. CARSON, Ms. POU, Mr. CROW, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr.
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65	65	ISNEROS, Ms. SIMON, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. TOKUDA, and Ms. DELBENE)
66	66	submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
67	67	on Oversight and Government Reform
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71	71	RESOLUTION
72	72	Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service
73	73	of former President James Earl ‘‘Jimmy’’ Carter, Jr.
74	74	Whereas, on October 1, 1924, James Earl Carter, Jr., was
75	75	born in Plains, Georgia;
76	76	Whereas Jimmy Carter was born to James Earl Carter, Sr.,
77	77	a peanut farmer and businessowner, and Bessie Lillian
78	78	Gordy Carter, a registered nurse who also counseled
79	79	Black women on health care issues;
80	80	Whereas when he was 4 years old, Jimmy Carter and his
81	81	family moved to Archery, Georgia, where his father
82	82	farmed and cultivated a variety of crops including corn,
83	83	peanuts, cotton, and sugarcane;
84	84	Whereas Jimmy Carter lived on his family’s farm until he be-
85	85	came the first person from his father’s side of the family
86	86	to graduate from high school and departed for college;
87	87	Whereas Jimmy Carter studied engineering at Georgia
88	88	Southwestern Junior College before joining the Naval
89	89	ROTC program at the Georgia Institute of Technology to
90	90	continue his engineering studies;
91	91	Whereas in 1943, Jimmy Carter was accepted into the Naval
92	92	Academy in Annapolis, Maryland;
93	93	Whereas Jimmy Carter received a bachelor of science degree
94	94	from the United States Naval Academy in 1946;
95	95	Whereas Jimmy Carter served as a submariner, serving in
96	96	both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, rising to the rank of
97	97	lieutenant;
98	98	Whereas Jimmy Carter was chosen by Admiral Hyman Rick-
99	99	over for the nuclear submarine program and became one
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103	103	of the iconic ‘‘Rickover’s Boys’’, and was assigned to
104	104	Schenectady, New York, where he pursued graduate
105	105	studies at Union College in reactor technology and nu-
106	106	clear physics;
107	107	Whereas Jimmy Carter served as senior officer of the
108	108	precommissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second nuclear
109	109	submarine;
110	110	Whereas Jimmy Carter married Rosalynn Smith on July 7,
111	111	1946;
112	112	Whereas Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had 4 children, Jack,
113	113	James III, Donnel, and Amy Carter;
114	114	Whereas in 1953, after the passing of his father, Jimmy Car-
115	115	ter resigned from his naval commission and returned with
116	116	his family to Plains, Georgia, to take over the Carter
117	117	farms;
118	118	Whereas Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter worked tirelessly to
119	119	successfully resuscitate the family’s farming business,
120	120	while becoming active in community politics in Sumter
121	121	County, Georgia;
122	122	Whereas in 1955, Jimmy Carter won a seat on the Sumter
123	123	County Board of Education and eventually became the
124	124	Board’s chairman;
125	125	Whereas Jimmy Carter won election to the Georgia Senate in
126	126	1962;
127	127	Whereas, during his tenure as a State senator, Jimmy Car-
128	128	ter, was recognized as a pragmatic politician, curbing
129	129	wasteful spending while supporting civil rights;
130	130	Whereas Jimmy Carter was sworn in as Georgia’s 76th Gov-
131	131	ernor on January 12, 1971;
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135	135	Whereas, during his tenure as Georgia’s Governor, he pub-
136	136	licly called for the end of segregation, and promoted edu-
137	137	cation and prison policy reform, while increasing the
138	138	number of Black officials in State government;
139	139	Whereas his signature accomplishment as Governor was mod-
140	140	ernizing Georgia’s State bureaucracy, making the State
141	141	government lean and efficient through thoughtful spend-
142	142	ing;
143	143	Whereas Jimmy Carter served as the Democratic National
144	144	Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congres-
145	145	sional and gubernational elections;
146	146	Whereas in 1976, Jimmy Carter became the Democratic Par-
147	147	ty’s Presidential nominee, with running mate Walter
148	148	Mondale, Senator from Minnesota;
149	149	Whereas Jimmy Carter was elected President on November
150	150	2, 1976;
151	151	Whereas Jimmy Carter was known for his genuine connection
152	152	to the people he served, famously walking down Pennsyl-
153	153	vania Avenue on his inauguration day with his wife
154	154	Rosalynn and daughter Amy;
155	155	Whereas his foreign policy accomplishments included the
156	156	Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the
157	157	treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II
158	158	treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of
159	159	United States diplomatic relations with the People’s Re-
160	160	public of China;
161	161	Whereas, on October 17, 1979, President Carter signed the
162	162	Department of Education Organization Act into law,
163	163	forming the Department of Education;
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167	167	Whereas President Carter encouraged energy conservation ef-
168	168	forts and called on every American to reduce their waste
169	169	and use energy resources more efficiently;
170	170	Whereas, on August 4, 1977, President Carter signed the De-
171	171	partment of Energy Organization Act into law, forming
172	172	the Department of Energy;
173	173	Whereas in 1978, President Carter championed and signed
174	174	the National Energy Act which established energy goals,
175	175	such as reducing the Nation’s dependency on oil, increas-
176	176	ing the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar en-
177	177	ergy, and mandating improved automotive mileage stand-
178	178	ards to ensure vehicles became more fuel efficient;
179	179	Whereas in 1980, President Carter signed the Energy Secu-
180	180	rity Act, which offered incentives for private industries to
181	181	invest in innovative approaches to renewable energy and
182	182	included tax credits to businesses and homeowners;
183	183	Whereas President Carter also demonstrated his commitment
184	184	to conservation and the protection of wildlife by signing
185	185	the Alaska National Interest Conservation Act of 1980
186	186	into law, to protect access to public lands and preserve
187	187	Alaska Native culture and the State’s wilderness;
188	188	Whereas after leaving the White House, President Carter be-
189	189	came a University Distinguished Professor at Emory
190	190	University in Atlanta, Georgia, and later with his wife,
191	191	Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center;
192	192	Whereas under President Carter’s leadership, the Carter Cen-
193	193	ter and its staff worked tirelessly in efforts to resolve
194	194	conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and
195	195	prevent disease, most notably contributing greatly to the
196	196	eradication of Guinea worm disease;
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200	200	Whereas President Carter and the Carter Center have en-
201	201	gaged in conflict mediation in Ethiopia, Eritrea, North
202	202	Korea, Liberia, Haiti, Bosnia, Sudan, the Great Lakes
203	203	region of Africa, Sudan and Uganda, Venezuela, Nepal,
204	204	Ecuador, Colombia, the Middle East, and Mali;
205	205	Whereas under his leadership, the Carter Center has sent
206	206	125 election observation missions to the Americas, Africa,
207	207	and Asia;
208	208	Whereas in 1986, the permanent facilities of the Carter Pres-
209	209	idential Center and the Jimmy Carter Library and Mu-
210	210	seum were dedicated in his honor;
211	211	Whereas in 1987, the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
212	212	was dedicated in his honor, and would be designated as
213	213	a national historic park in 2021;
214	214	Whereas, on December 10, 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Com-
215	215	mittee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to President Car-
216	216	ter ‘‘for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful so-
217	217	lutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy
218	218	and human rights, and to promote economic and social
219	219	development’’;
220	220	Whereas Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter continued to be heavily
221	221	involved in their community, volunteering 1 week a year
222	222	for Habitat for Humanity to help people in the United
223	223	States and in other countries renovate and build homes
224	224	for themselves, until 2020;
225	225	Whereas Jimmy Carter lived a life deeply committed to his
226	226	faith, including teaching Sunday School at Maranatha
227	227	Baptist Church in his home of Plains, Georgia, for more
228	228	than 40 years;
229	229	Whereas at the time of her passing, Rosalynn and Jimmy
230	230	Carter had been married for 77 years, and had been
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234	234	blessed with 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-
235	235	grandchildren;
236	236	Whereas, on February 18, 2023, President Carter decided to
237	237	spend his remaining time at home with his family and re-
238	238	ceive hospice care;
239	239	Whereas, on December 29, 2024, President Carter passed
240	240	away at home in Plains, Georgia; and
241	241	Whereas Jimmy Carter led his life and his country with in-
242	242	tegrity, humility, and an unwavering commitment to jus-
243	243	tice, championing human rights, prioritizing diplomacy,
244	244	and fighting tirelessly for marginalized communities,
245	245	leaving a legacy of moral leadership: Now, therefore, be
246	246	it
247	247	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
248	248	(1) honors the life, achievements, legacy, and 2
249	249	distinguished public service of James ‘‘Jimmy’’ Earl 3
250	250	Carter, Jr.; 4
251	251	(2) is saddened by the death of James Earl 5
252	252	Carter, Jr. and expresses its deepest condolences his 6
253	253	family; 7
254	254	(3) acknowledges the long-lasting impacts of 8
255	255	James Earl Carter, Jr., and his contributions to the 9
256	256	State of Georgia, the United States, and the world; 10
257	257	and 11
258	258	(4) establishes the legacy of James Earl Carter, 12
259	259	Jr., as one of the great leaders and statesmen of the 13
260	260	United States. 14
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