S.Res. 562 (109th): A resolution paying tribute to the Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp for their recognition by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Introduced:
Sep 08, 2006 (109th Congress, 2005–2006)
Sponsor:
Sen. Lincoln Chafee [R-RI]
Status:
Agreed To (Simple Resolution)

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This simple resolution was agreed to on September 8, 2006. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

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Introduced Sep 08, 2006
Agreed To (Simple Resolution) Sep 08, 2006
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors (3D) (show)
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Last updated Sep 08, 2006.
6 pages

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9/8/2006--Passed Senate without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp as genuine American heroes, and pays tribute to them as their names are added to the Wall of Rescuers in the permanent exhibition of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on September 14, 2006. Commends the organization founded to support the Sharps' work, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, for its efforts to rescue Jews and opponents of the Nazi regime in Europe and for carrying on the Sharps' legacy by working to save the lives of the people of Darfur, Sudan and to protect human rights worldwide. Requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Joukowsky family of Providence, Rhode Island, the direct descendants of the Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp, and to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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