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[70 Stat. 4]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 4]

B4 January 16, 1956 [a. Con. R e s. 94]

State reciprocal v o t i n g arrangements.

January 17, 1956 I s. Con. R e s. 59]

National Junior Achievement Week.

February 16, 1956 [S. Con. R e s. 64] Joint Inaugural committee.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-JAN. 16, 1966 [70 ST AT. VOTING Whereas many citizens are deprived of the ri^ht to vote because they have recently moved from one State to another and have not subsequent to such move complied with the residence requirements of the State to which they have moved; and Whereas it is desirable that citizens siiould be entitled to vote for the office of President and Vice President whether or not they had moved from one State to another; and A¥hereas such disfranchisement could be avoided by reciprocal arrangements between the several States which would recognize the right of a citizen who had moved from one State to another to continue to vote in the State from which he had moved for such reasonable period of time as would enable him to fulfill the residence requirements in the State to which he had moved: Therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress expresses itself as favoring, and recommends to theseveial States the consideration of appropriate legislation to enable a person to vote for President and Vice President when such person would be eligible to vote but for the fact that he had moved from one State to another and had not yet fulfilled the residence requirements of such State to which he had moved. P a s s e d January 16, 1956.

NATIONAL JUNIOR ACIHEVEMENT WEEK Whereas it was the initiative, the sense of individual dignity, and the determination to mold their own futures that motivated those who founded this Nation; and Whereas Junior Achievement, Incorporated, through its "learn-bydoin^" program is inculcating those ideals in American youth by helping them to set u p and operate their own small-scale business enterprises; and Whereas their experience in running Junior Achievement companies will provide these young people with a heightened understanding of the privileges and duties of citizenship and better prepare them to assume the responsibilities of community leadership; and Whereas thousands of American businessmen voluntarily give unstintingly of their time, their counsel, and their experience for the benefit of the members of Junior Achievement; and "Whereas it is understood that the week beginning January 29, 1956, and ending February 4, 1956, will be observed as National Junior Achievement Week: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurring)^ That the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation designating the week of January 29, 1956, through February 4, 1956, as National Junior Achievement Week and urging all citizens of our country to salute the activities of Junior Achievers and their volunteer adult advisers through appropriate ceremonies. Agreed to January 17, 1956. JOINT INAUGURAL COMMITTEE Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurnng), That a joint committee consisting of three Senators and three Representatives, to be appointed by the President of the Senate and the