71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to SJR 31
 
LC 3285/SJR 31-1
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 31
 
             By COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REDISTRICTING
 
                             May 31
 
  After line 1 of the printed joint resolution, insert:
  ' Whereas the Independence Day movement initiated by the
Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, did not include the
enslaved descendants of Africans, nor were they recognized as
full human beings under the Declaration of Independence; and'.
  In line 14, delete '19th' and insert '19'.
  In line 16, delete 'even' and delete 'now, therefore, ' and
insert 'and
  ' Whereas June 19 is the freedom forerunner to the Thirteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted
freedom to all slaves born in the United States, and the date is
pivotal in our nation's Independence Day movement; and
  ' Whereas in 1997 the 105th United States Congress passed
Senate Joint Resolution 11 and House Joint Resolution 56
officially recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day; and
  ' Whereas a formal apology for slavery, House Concurrent
Resolution 356, was sponsored in the United States Congress by
Representative Tony Hall of Ohio at the first annual Washington
Juneteenth 2000 National Holiday Observance; and
  ' Whereas Idaho, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Delaware and Alaska
have already recognized the end of slavery in the United States
through a Juneteenth state holiday, and thousands of petitions
have been sent to the White House urging President Bush to
declare June 19 a national holiday; and
  ' Whereas if a Presidential Proclamation were issued,
Juneteenth would be recognized as a national holiday and a very
significant step would be taken to bring healing in the United
States from the devastation caused by slavery; now, therefore,'.
  In line 19, delete '19th' and insert '19'.
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