,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #i1       
#bjac,ms4 ,bass 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,royce1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new
 ,jersey1 and ,ms4 ,fudge7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,honoring the   
life1 accomplishments1 and legacy of    
,nelson ,mandela and expressing         
condolences on his passing4  ,whereas   
,nelson ,mandela's defiance of injustice
 and commitment to peace and            
reconciliation1 were critical to        
achieving the abolition of apartheid1 a 
system of racially based social1        
political1 and economic discrimination1 
and to adopting in its place a system of
 multiparty democracy and universal     
suffrage for all ,south ,africans2      
,whereas on ,august #e1 #aifb1 ,nelson  
,mandela was arrested for his acts to   
end the discriminatory policies of      
apartheid and was found guilty of all   

charges against him and sentenced to    
life in prison2 ,whereas during his     
imprisonment1 ,nelson ,mandela was      
confined to a small cell and forced to  
perform hard labor while being gravely  
mistreated by prison officials2 ,whereas
 during #ah of his #bg years of         
imprisonment on ,robben ,island1 ,nelson
 ,mandela was permitted only one visitor
 a year1 and for only #cj minutes2      
,whereas ,nelson ,mandela remained      
resolute1 refusing offers to renounce   
his struggle against oppression in      
exchange for his freedom1 and became    
widely viewed and respected as a symbol 
of the anti-apartheid movement2 ,whereas
 the ,united ,states ,congress          
dramatically shifted its policy toward  
,south ,africa and supported the        
political ideals that ,nelson ,mandela  
struggled for1 by enacting the          
,comprehensive ,anti-,apartheid ,act of 
#aihf 7,public ,law #ii-ddj7 on ,october
 #b1 #aihf1 and has honored ,nelson     
,mandela by passing the ,mandela        

,freedom ,resolution in the ,house of   
,representatives on ,september #ah1     
#aihd 7,h4 ,res4 #dcj71 and in the      
,senate on ,october #aj1 #aihd 7,s4     
,res4 #chf71 by adopting the resolution 
concerning ,united ,states support for  
the new ,south ,africa on ,october #e1  
#aiid 7,h4 ,res4 #efj71 and by awarding 
,nelson ,mandela the ,congressional     
,gold ,medal on ,july #bi1 #aiih2       
,whereas on ,february #aa1 #aiij1 under 
growing international and domestic      
pressure1 ,nelson ,mandela was released 
from prison1 marking the end of his #bg 
years1 #f months1 and #a week of        
continuous incarceration2 ,whereas      
former ,united ,states ,president       
,william ,j4 ,clinton honored ,nelson   
,mandela with the ,philadelphia ,liberty
 ,medal in #aiic2 ,whereas in #aiid1    
following the first fully               
representative1 multiracial national    
elections1 ,nelson ,mandela was elected 
on ,may #i as ,president of the         
,democratic ,republic of ,south ,africa 

under a ,government of ,national ,unity2
 ,whereas ,president ,nelson ,mandela   
led the peaceful transition from        
minority rule and apartheid to a        
multicultural1 multiracial democracy1   
and played a critical role in initiating
 ,south ,africa's ongoing efforts to    
foster national reconciliation2 ,whereas
 ,president ,nelson ,mandela sought to  
promote equal opportunity for jobs and  
education1 access to social services1   
and quality-of-life improvements for all
 ,south ,africans2 ,whereas during the  
presidency of ,nelson ,mandela1 ,south  
,africa established the ,truth and      
,reconciliation ,commission to          
investigate gross human rights          
violations committed during the         
apartheid years2 ,whereas former ,united
 ,states ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush   
honored ,nelson ,mandela with the       
,presidential ,medal of ,freedom in     
#bjjb2 and ,whereas ,nelson ,mandela    
leaves a legacy that transcends his time
 and place in history and will guide and

 inspire generations to come3 ,now1     
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representatives-- 7#a7 has learned with
 profound sorrow of the death of ,nelson
 ,mandela1 former ,president of the     
,republic of ,south ,africa2  7#b7      
tenders its deep sympathies to the      
members of the family of the late       
,president ,nelson ,mandela and his     
fellow citizens2  7#c7 honors the life1 
accomplishments1 and legacy of former   
,president ,nelson ,mandela and for his 
friendship to the ,united ,states2  7#d7
 requests the ,secretary of ,state to   
communicate these expressions of        
sentiment to the family of the deceased 
and to the ,parliament of the ,republic 
of ,south ,africa2 and  7#e7 requests   
that when the ,house adjourns today it  
do so as a mark of respect to the memory
 of the late ,president ,nelson         
,mandela4