Summary

Recognizes Robert Aitken’s 1782 English‑language Bible as a historical document of the U.S. Congress and records the historical facts around its printing and the Continental Congress resolution that recommended it to the people of the United States. The resolution is a nonbinding expression of the House’s view and carries no new funding, legal requirements, or program changes.

Key Points

• Affirms that Robert Aitken’s Bible was the first known English‑language Bible printed in North America.
• Records Aitken’s 1781 petition and the Continental Congress committee recommendation of September 12, 1782.
• Notes Charles Thomson’s signature on the 1782 resolution.
• Declares the House’s view that Aitken’s Bible should be recognized as a historical document of Congress.
• Is an honorific, nonbinding "sense of the House" resolution with no legal or funding effects.
• Does not create or change federal programs, regulations, or mandates.
• Serves primarily to document and communicate a piece of early American and congressional history.
• Likely to be of interest to historians, educators, archivists, religious communities, and the public.

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