A resolution recognizing the importance of the writings of Dashiell Hammett to American literature and culture on the 75th anniversary of the first publication of "The Maltese Falcon".

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Salutes Dashiell Hammett as one of the most notable authors of hard-boiled crime fiction, upon the 75th anniversary of the publication of his great American crime novel, "The Maltese Falcon."