12-R122
2012 -- S 2063
Enacted 03/07/12
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
MEMORIALIZING
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO MAKE
THE
DEPARTMENT OF
STATE'S VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Introduced By: Senators Walaska, Felag, Ciccone, Nesselbush, and Sosnowski
Date Introduced: January 11, 2012
WHEREAS, The Republic of
Poland is a free, democratic, and independent nation; and
WHEREAS, The Republic of
Poland is an integral member of the European Union and
the
WHEREAS, The Republic
of Poland has been and continues to be a proven,
indispensable, loyal friend and ally of the
in
WHEREAS, All citizens of the nations constituting the European Union
enjoy travel to
the United States visa-free as provided by the Visa
Waiver Program of the
Department of State, except for the citizens of
and
WHEREAS, The state legislatures of
2004),
Resolutions in response to their American citizens of
Polish decent; and
WHEREAS, Among the nearly ten million Americans of Polish descent in
the nation, the
46,707 Americans of
Polish descent in
engineered the victory at
Pulaski, the “father of the United States Calvary”
during our “Glorious Cause” in the War for
now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of
hereby respectfully urges the Congress and the President of
the
action to make the
Waiver Program; and be it
further
RESOLVED,
The Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized
and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the clerk
of House of Representatives, the
President of the
Security, the Presiding
Officers of each chamber of the United States Congress, the members of
the
of the
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