[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 115 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 115

    Recognizing Grand Haven, Michigan, as ``Coast Guard City, USA''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1997

   Mr. Hoekstra (for himself, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
   Knollenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
 Stupak, and Mr. Upton) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Recognizing Grand Haven, Michigan, as ``Coast Guard City, USA''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard City, USA, Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The people of Grand Haven, Michigan, have always held a 
        deep affection for the Coast Guard and the men and women who 
        serve in it.
            (2) This affection has been demonstrated throughout this 
        century, first with a small community picnic, then with the 
        welcoming of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba in 1932.
            (3) This affection was never more deeply expressed than on 
        August 4, 1943, when citizens of the Grand Haven area assembled 
        not only to celebrate Coast Guard Day, as they had done for 
        years, but also to remember and pay tribute to those who had 
        lost their lives in service to their country when the Escanaba 
        was torpedoed and sank in the North Atlantic during World War 
        II.
            (4) The people of Grand Haven again demonstrated their love 
        and resolve for the Coast Guard amidst this tragedy by raising 
        $1,000,000 in war bonds to purchase a replacement cutter the 
        following year.
            (5) The people of Grand Haven continue to demonstrate their 
        respect for the Coast Guard by paying tribute in a memorial 
        service during the annual Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival to 
        those who lost their lives aboard the Escanaba and all men and 
        women who have died serving their country in the Coast Guard.
            (6) The memorial service is the primary purpose of the 
        annual Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival.
            (7) As part of the 1963 Coast Guard Festival events, 
        Admiral Richard Schmidtman referred to Grand Haven as ``Coast 
        Guard City, USA'' in recognition of the attention paid to the 
        Coast Guard each year by the city and surrounding communities.
            (8) Many in the Coast Guard continue to call Grand Haven 
        ``Coast Guard City, USA''.
            (9) People in and around the community of Grand Haven know 
        the city as ``Coast Guard City, USA''.
            (10) The Coast Guard has expressed its enthusiastic support 
        for official recognition of the city as ``Coast Guard City, 
        USA'' due to its long history and close relationship with the 
        community of Grand Haven.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL RECOGNITION.

    The community of Grand Haven, Michigan, shall be recognized as 
``Coast Guard City, USA''.
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