A RESOLUTION 14-262 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA November 6, 2001 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to express the sense of the Council to request the Washington Redskins to change the team's name before the beginning of the 2002-2003 football season. RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Sense of the Council in Support of the Washington National Football League Franchise Name Change Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2001". Sec. 2. (a) The team name "Redskins" is offensive and hurtful to many Native Americans who are citizens of this nation and to all people who reject racial stereotypes and bigotry as socially and morally unacceptable. (b) The Council and the citizens of the District of Columbia are proud of their National League Football franchise and want the team's owners to have ample time to conduct a thoughtful process in developing a name that instills pride. Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Sense of the Council in Support of the Washington National Football League Franchise Name Change Emergency Approval Resolution of 2001 be adopted on an emergency basis. Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.