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Public Law 97–181
To grant official recognition to the international ballet competition.
Approved May 24, 1982
Statutory text
Joint Resolution
To grant official recognition to the international ballet competition.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the United States recognizes the international ballet competition held in Jackson, Mississippi, under the sponsorship of the Mississippi Ballet International, Incorporated, as the official competition within the United States, and this organization and its participants as the official representatives of the United States in the international ballet competition cycle, which originated in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1964, and rotates among the cities of Varna, Bulgaria; Tokyo, Japan; Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and Jackson, Mississippi.
Approved May 24, 1982.