PUBLIC
LAW 97-280 - OCT. 4, 1982
Public Law
97-280 96 STAT. 1211 (97th Congress)
Joint
Resolution
Authorizing and requesting the President
to proclaim 1983 as the "Year of the Bible".
Whereas
the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping
the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation and people;
Whereas deeply held religious convictions springing
from the Holy Scriptures led to the early settlement of our Nation;
Whereas Biblical teachings inspired concepts of
civil government that are contained in our Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas many of our great national leaders --among
them Presidents Washington, Jackson, Lincoln and Wilson --paid tribute
to the surpassing influence of the Bible in our country’s development,
as in the words of President Jackson that the Bible is "the rock on
which our Republic rests";
Whereas the history of our Nation clearly
illustrates the value of voluntarily applying the teachings of the
Scriptures in the lives of individuals, families and societies;
Whereas this Nation now faces great challenges that
will test this Nation as it has never been tested before; and
Whereas that renewing our knowledge of and faith in
God through Holy Scripture can strengthen us as a nation and a people:
Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President is authorized and requested to designate
1983 as a national "Year of the Bible" in
recognition of both the formative influence the Bible has been for our
Nation, and our national need to study and apply the teachings of the
Holy Scriptures.
Approved
October 4, 1982
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LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY-S.J.Res.165:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):
Mar. 31, considered and passed Senate.
Sept. 21, considered and passed House.
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