Use Mitenbuler, Bourbon Empire, printed p. 12; Haara, Bourbon Justice, PDF sheet 31; and Kosar, Whiskey: A Global History, printed pp. 111–112 / PDF sheets 113–114. Haara reproduces the relevant resolution text; the primary resolution remains preferable for extended quotation.
“America’s Native Spirit” was not the language of the 1964 bourbon resolution; it was a later marketing embellishment of the designation “a distinctive product of the United States.”
Four visually verified secondary accounts support the correction. Haara reproduces the operative 1964 text; Hannush’s displayed pp. 37–45 add the 2007 resolution chronology. The resolutions themselves remain the primary authority.
The claim concerns attribution of the phrase, not whether bourbon has genuine cultural importance. Use the primary resolution for any extended quotation or detailed legal analysis.
Mitenbuler and Haara independently distinguish the 1964 resolution from the later “America’s Native Spirit” phrase. Kosar adds a third account and explains that the resolution directed protection against imported whiskey labeled bourbon.
Mitenbuler, Haara, Kosar, and now Hannush independently distinguish the 1964 distinctive-product language from the later Native Spirit slogan. Hannush additionally traces press/marketing circulation and the 2007 Senate recognition.
Claim
“America’s Native Spirit” was not the language of the 1964 bourbon resolution.
Evidence judgment
Mitenbuler distinguishes the official designation from the later heritage phrase. Haara does the same and reproduces the resolution’s recognition of bourbon as a distinctive U.S. product. Kosar independently explains that the operative purpose was protection against imported whiskey designated as bourbon.
Boundary
The distinction corrects attribution and legal purpose; it does not deny bourbon’s cultural significance or prohibit the later phrase as cultural or marketing language.
Drafting guardrail
Do not attribute “America’s Native Spirit” to Congress. If quoting the resolution beyond the short designation, cite the primary text.
Readiness decision
Ready for Drafting with Strong evidence and High confidence across three independent secondary accounts plus reproduced primary wording through Haara.