,,iv #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #fch ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #bc1 #bjad ,mr4 ,huizenga of ,michigan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,benishek1 ,mr4 ,bentivolio1 ,mr4 ,camp1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mrs4 ,miller of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,peters of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,upton1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 and ,mr4 ,amash7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,government ,reform ,,resolution ,commemorating ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford and the invaluable impact of his service to the ,united ,states in honor of the #djth anniversary of his ,presidency4 ,whereas on ,august #i1 #aigd1 ,vice ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford takes the ,oath of ,office in the ,east ,room of the ,white ,house becoming the #chth ,president of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas in his swearing-in remarks1 ,president ,ford announces ,in all my public and private acts as your president1 ,i expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end4 ,my fellow ,americans1 our long1 national nightmare is over42 ,whereas following the ceremony1 ,president ,ford goes immediately to work meeting with ,congressional leaders1 senior ,white ,house staff1 senior economic advisors1 and foreign emissaries2 ,whereas on ,august #ai1 #aigd1 on his first ,presidential trip outside of ,washington1 ,,dc1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford delivers an impassioned speech to the ,veterans of ,foreign ,wars ,convention in ,chicago2 ,whereas ,president ,ford announces his policy for the earned re-entry return for ,vietnam ,era draft resisters to the mainstream of ,united ,states society2 ,whereas earned re-entry requires two years of performing alternative public service and ,president ,ford also creates a clemency board to review previous related cases2 ,whereas on ,august #bb1 #aigd1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford1 along with ,first ,lady ,betty ,ford1 announces his support for the ,equal ,rights ,amendment2 ,whereas ,mrs4 ,ford is a strong proponent of the ,equal ,rights ,amendment and actively joins in the nationwide movement by speaking about women's issues1 lobbying ,congress and participating in public appearances2 ,whereas the following year1 ,president ,ford signs an ,executive order establishing the ,national ,commission for the ,observance of ,international ,women's ,year 7#aige72 ,whereas on ,september #b1 #aigd1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford signs the ,employee ,retirement ,income ,security ,act guaranteeing the pension rights of #bc1jjj1jjj people in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas appropriately1 ,president ,ford signs the ,,eris ,act on ,labor ,day #aigd which establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry and provides for extensive rules on the ,federal income tax effects of transactions associated with employee benefit plans2 ,whereas on ,september #bf1 #aigd1 through ,september #bh1 #aigd1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford stands strong by his beloved wife ,first ,lady ,betty ,ford as she courageously and openly battles ,breast ,cancer2 ,whereas ,mrs4 ,ford says1 ,lying in the hospital1 thinking of all those women going for cancer checkups because of me1 ,i'd come to recognize more clearly the power of the woman in the ,white ,house4 ,not my power1 but the power of the position1 a power which could be used to help42 ,whereas the national coverage of ,mrs4 ,ford's public recovery leads to greater awareness and years of future research that will save thousands of lives2 ,whereas on ,september #cj1 #aigd1 after the ,white ,house convenes the ,summit ,conference on ,inflation1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford creates the ,economic ,policy ,board to bring balance and vitality to the economy2 ,whereas the ,board's mission is to oversee the formulation1 coordination and implementation of all economic policy of the ,united ,states to help with rising grocery prices1 eroding purchasing power because of inflation1 rising costs of business1 and thousands of unemployed who want work2 ,whereas on ,october #ae1 #aigd1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford signs the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act ,amendments of #aigd1 which seek to regulate campaign fundraising and spending2 ,whereas this is the most significant attempt at campaign finance reform since the #aibjs2 ,whereas ,president ,ford approves congressional revisions in the ,federal ,elections ,commission and ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act to permit resumption of ,federal check-off subsidies for all ,presidential campaigns2 ,whereas on ,november #bc1 #aigd1 and ,november #bd1 #aigd1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford and ,general ,secretary ,leonid ,brezhnev meet in ,vladivostok1 ,u4,s4,s4,r42 ,whereas during this meeting1 they confer on and sign a joint communiqu on the limitation of strategic offensive arms2 ,whereas by the end of their discussions1 ,president ,ford feels confident that as soon as technicians had ironed out the few remaining problems1 we would sign a ,,salt ,,ii accord2 ,whereas this accord would continue the tradition of arms limitation set forth by the ,,salt ,i accord signed in ,may #aigb2 ,whereas on ,january #a1 #aige1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford signs the ,privacy ,act of #aigd1 ensuring individual privacy for ,americans which established a ,code of ,fair ,information ,practice that governs the collection1 maintenance1 use1 and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by ,federal agencies2 ,whereas on ,january #ae1 #aige1 in his first ,state of the ,union ,address1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford announces bluntly that the state of the ,union is not good4 ,millions of ,americans are out of work4 ,recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more4 ,prices are too high1 and sales are too slow42 ,whereas to remedy these problems1 ,president ,ford proposes tax cuts for ,united ,states families and businesses and also strongly advocates for the reduction of government spending2 ,whereas in ,april #aige1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford orders the emergency evacuation from ,south ,vietnam of children in ,operation ,babylift which results in the adoption of over #c1jjj children throughout the world2 ,whereas ,president ,ford greets a planeload of orphans at ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport upon its arrival in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas ,president ,ford also oversees the evacuation of #g1jjj ,united ,states personnel and high-risk ,south ,vietnamese nationals as ,saigon falls to ,communist forces in ,operation ,frequent ,wind2 ,whereas on ,july #bf1 #aige1 ,president ,gerald ,r4 ,ford departs on a trip to ,europe for visits to ,west ,germany1 ,poland1 ,finland1 ,romania1 and ,yugoslavia2 ,whereas in ,helsinki1 ,president ,ford joins leaders from #cd nations in signing the ,final ,act of the ,conference on ,security and ,cooperation in ,europe also known as the ,helsinki ,agreement2 ,whereas the ,helsinki ,agreement ratifies post-,world ,war ,,ii ,european borders and supports human rights2 and ,whereas the ,helsinki ,agreement's human rights provisions greatly help ,eastern ,europeans seeking an end to their communist regimes3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives commemorates the ,presidency of ,gerald ,r4 ,ford and the extraordinary contributions he made to the ,united ,states4