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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 830—RECOGNIZING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FULLBRIGHT PROGRAM
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Cotton) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Res. 830
Whereas August 1, 2026, marks the 80th anniversary of
President Harry S. Truman signing into law the Act of August
1, 1946 (60 Stat. 754, chapter 723) (commonly known as the
“Fulbright Act of 1946”);
Whereas the Fulbright Program was established by Senator
James William Fulbright of Arkansas for the “promotion of
international good will through the exchange of students in
the fields of education, culture, and science”;
Whereas the Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State;
Whereas the Fulbright Program provides approximately 9,000
grants annually and, as of 2026, operates in more than 160
countries, including 49 that have established cost-sharing
binational commissions;
Whereas Fulbright students and scholars have hailed from
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and
American Samoa;
Whereas the Fulbright Program provides unique opportunities
for the people of the United States to receive the best
cultural and academic education in the world;
Whereas more than 450,000 individuals from the United
States and across the world have benefitted from the
Fulbright program;
Whereas alumni of the Fulbright Program include 63 Nobel
Prize laureates, 94 recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, 44
heads of State, 17 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients,
11 members of Congress, a former Secretary-General of the
United Nations, a former Secretary General of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, and an astronaut who set foot
on the moon;
Whereas the Fulbright Program promotes United States higher
education abroad and remains a valuable diplomatic tool; and
Whereas the Fulbright Program advances national security by
building international relationships and good will towards
the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) recognizes the 80th anniversary of the Fulbright
Program;
(2) supports the work of the Fulbright Program and other
educational and cultural affairs programs to advance the
foreign policy and national security of the United States;
(3) congratulates all past and present recipients of
Fulbright awards; and
(4) calls on students, scholars, and professionals around
the world to seek out opportunities to engage with each other
and promote international understanding and partnership.