[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 227 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 227

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States 
   Armed Forces should be withdrawn from Somalia as expeditiously as 
                               possible.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 1993

    Mr. Brown of Ohio submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States 
   Armed Forces should be withdrawn from Somalia as expeditiously as 
                               possible.

Whereas the famine that served as the rationale for the United States military 
        presence in Somalia has abated considerably;
Whereas both the United States and the United Nations lack a clear sense of 
        mission and purpose in Somalia, particularly with respect to the 
        deteriorating military situation;
Whereas the humanitarian mission to Somalia has been overwhelmed by the military 
        reality in that country;
Whereas United States Armed Forces in Somalia find themselves increasingly 
        vulnerable to sniper and rocket attacks, with the potential for a 
        Beirut-type car bomb disaster;
Whereas United States allies in the Somalia operation have begun to question 
        openly the basis for the mission;
Whereas the United States military presence in Somalia will cost an estimated 
        $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1993; and
Whereas the unprecedented floods and the natural disaster in the Mississippi 
        River Valley have brought to our attention the need for increased 
        assistance for domestic purposes: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives implores the President 
to withdraw United States Armed Forces from Somalia as expeditiously as 
possible.

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