SRES 387HRES 703119th CongressIntroduced

A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 11 through September 17, 2025, as "Patriot Week".

Introduced: Sep 15, 2025

Defense & National Security

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This is a Senate resolution (S. Res. 387) expressing support for designating the week of September 11 through September 17, 2025, as “Patriot Week.” As a non-binding measure, it does not create new laws or mandate spending. Its purpose is to acknowledge and promote the study and celebration of the United States’ history, founding principles, and national symbols, and to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The resolution frames Patriot Week as a means to reinforce core values such as the rule of law, democracy, liberty, equality, and unalienable rights, and to encourage participation by citizens, schools, and government at all levels in observing and promoting American history.

Key Points

1The Senate supports designating September 11–17, 2025 as “Patriot Week.”
2It emphasizes understanding the history of the United States and the first principles on which the nation was founded as essential to preserving a free society.
3It publicly honors the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and encourages citizens to honor the nation’s founders, documents, and symbols.
4It asserts that each generation should renew the national spirit based on founding principles, historical figures, and symbols.
5It urges participation by individuals, schools and other educational institutions, and federal, state, and local governments and their agencies in Patriot Week to promote study and reverence for U.S. history.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected: Students, educators, schools, and educational institutions; general American citizens who may participate in Patriot Week activities.Secondary group/area affected: Federal, state, and local government agencies and officials who may organize or participate in commemorative activities.Additional impacts: Signals congressional support for civics and history education; could influence school curricula, public commemorations, and programming related to U.S. history and national symbols, though it does not authorize funding or establish mandatory requirements.

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