ON MARCH 31, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 17, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following revisions to the preamble: Revises the provisions describing his naval service to, instead, provide that he graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, ranking in the top 10% of his class and thereafter distinguished himself in the U.S. Navy under the command of Admiral Hyman Rickover as a pioneer in the operation of nuclear-powered submarines until he was honorably discharged seven years later on October 9, 1953. Adds that he made political history by going from "Jimmy Who?" to winning the 1976 Iowa Caucuses, securing the Democratic nomination. Adds that, in response to the economic crisis created by the Arab oil embargo and the nation's growing dependence on foreign oil, President Carter called for a comprehensive campaign to conserve energy and, as a part of that, signed the Department of Energy Organization Act on August 4, 1977. Adds that his legacy also includes brokering peace between Israel and Egypt, inviting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to Camp David in September 1978; the meeting resulted in the Camp David Accords, which ended the war between the two countries and garnered Egypt's formal recognition of Israel as an independent state. Adds that, on January 19, 1981, following a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, in which 53 Americans were taken hostage and held for 444 days; President Carter secured the safe release of the hostages through his tireless efforts and the execution of the Algiers Accords. Adds that he was universally recognized by Republicans and Democrats alike as a statesman who, as his successor President Reagan stated in his October 1, 1986, address at the dedication of the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, modeled the fundamental values of hard work, perseverance, loyalty, and family that made our nation flourish and grow great. Adds that he was an early advocate for the development and use of solar power and installed solar panels at the White House in 1979. Revises provisions describing his work to establish the federal department of education and his work regarding ending sexual orientation discrimination to, instead, provide that he created the U.S. Department of Education on October 17, 1979, and expanded the Head Start program to include an additional 43,000 children and families, saw that the United States Foreign Service lifted its ban on gay and lesbian personnel, became the first President to discuss an end to discrimination in the federal government on the basis of sexual orientation, and is rightly regarded as a person of integrity and candor who kept his campaign promises. Adds that The Carter Work Project at Habitat for Humanity touched lives around the world. The Carter Work Project, with the aid of 108,100 volunteers, built 4,447 homes for those in need in fourteen countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Hungary, India, South Korea, The Philippines, and Vietnam, among others. Removes provision relative to providing that, in 1977, his administration became the first U.S. presidential administration to invite gay and lesbian rights activists to the White House to discuss federal policy on ending discrimination in the federal government on the basis of sexual orientation.