Expressing support for the designation of February 15 through February 22, 2025, as “National FFA Week”, recognizing the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 90th anniversary of New Farmers of America and the 75th anniversary of the Federal charter to Future Farmers of America.

H. Res. 133 · 119th Congress · Feb 13, 2025 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

Expressing support for the designation of February 15 through February 22, 2025, as National FFA Week, recognizing the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 90th anniversary of New Farmers of America and the 75th anniversary of the Federal charter to Future Farmers of America.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

supports the designation of “National FFA Week”;

(2)

recognizes the important role of the National FFA Organization (FFA) in developing the next generation of globally conscious leaders who will change the world;

(3)

celebrates the 90th anniversary of New Farmers of America (NFA) which served Black vocational agriculture students in segregated public schools, until NFA and FFA became one organization in 1965; and

(4)

commemorates the 75th anniversary of the 81st Congress passing a bill that granted Future Farmers of America a Federal charter, which later became Public Law 81–740 when President Harry S. Truman signed the bill on August 30, 1950.

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Feb 13, 2025viewing Introduced in House Mr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Westerman, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Graves, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Craig, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Bost, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Cline, Mr. Estes, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Alford, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Flood, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Rose, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Comer, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Baird, and Mr. Lucas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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