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Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4011
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Dwyer, Bakke, Conley, Kannianen, Rust, Wanzek
1 A concurrent resolution urging Congress to establish a 1776 Commission and urging the United
2 States Department of Education and the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction to
3 develop educational materials that will provide education for students in accordance with the
4 principles of the founding of America, the unifying ideals stated in the Declaration of
5 Independence, the United States Constitution, and other founding documents.
6 WHEREAS, President Trump's Advisory 1776 Commission was established to enable a
7 rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding of the United States in
8 1776; and
9 WHEREAS, to understand the history and principles of the founding of the United States,
10 the principles of the American founding can be learned by studying the abundant historical
11 documents and records of the nation's founders, including the Declaration of Independence and
12 the United States Constitution; and
13 WHEREAS, the core assertions of the Declaration of Independence are all men are created
14 equal, no man may by right rule another without consent, and there are natural rights that must
15 be secured; and
16 WHEREAS, the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and created a structure and a
17 process for securing American rights and liberties and spelled out the divisions and limits of the
18 powers of government; and
19 WHEREAS, there have been many challenges to America's core principles and those
20 challenges have been addressed during the history of the United States of America; and
21 WHEREAS, the nation can restore national unity by rekindling the rising generation's
22 knowledge of America's founding principles through patriotic education, personal responsibility,
23 and societal duties;
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE
25 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
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 Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly
1 That the Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly urges Congress to establish a 1776
2 Commission and urges the United States Department of Education and the North Dakota
3 Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop educational materials that will provide education
4 for students in accordance with the principles of the founding of America, the unifying ideals
5 stated in the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and other founding
6 documents; and
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution
8 to each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation, the United States Secretary of
9 Education, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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