[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 2 Introduced in House (IH)]






105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 2

  Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the threat to the 
security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by 
     armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Wynn, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
  Mr. Schumer, Mr. Clay, Mr. Engel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Underwood, Mr. 
   Conyers, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Eddie 
   Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Owens) submitted the following 
   concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the threat to the 
security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by 
     armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations.

Whereas the Government of the United States and its agencies are democratic 
        institutions, created by and for the people of the United States;
Whereas the various agencies of the United States Government derive their 
        purpose and their character from the expressed will of the American 
        people, and may be altered from time to time by peaceful means;
Whereas 168 American men, women and children were killed in the terrorist 
        bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in April 1995;
Whereas Federal law enforcement officials were threatened and held at bay for 81 
        days in a Montana town by a group of so-called ``Freemen'' while trying 
        to exercise their duty to uphold the law, at a cost of millions of 
        dollars to American taxpayers;
Whereas various spokespersons for self-described militia and paramilitary 
        organizations and groups have repeatedly denounced the legitimacy of the 
        United States Government;
Whereas several members of an Arizona militia group were recently arrested in 
        possession of heavy armaments, deadly bombs and explosive devices, and 
        charged with conspiring to use explosives to destroy buildings housing 
        Federal agencies;
Whereas experts have estimated that extremist anti-Government militia groups and 
        organizations in the United States may number as many as 800, existing 
        in more than 40 States;
Whereas the democratic institutions of the United States and the American people 
        are protected from both foreign and domestic enemies by a well trained 
        military and multiple layers of legitimate State and local police 
        organizations; and
Whereas the actions of some militia and paramilitary groups and organizations 
        specifically promoting violence constitute a grave danger to American 
        citizens and the institutions of American democracy, and threaten the 
        very foundation of freedom and democracy in America: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) armed conspiracies against the Government of the United 
        States or any of its agencies and personnel should be 
        aggressively identified, dissolved, and their perpetrators 
        brought to justice by the federal authorities of law 
        enforcement with the greatest dispatch possible;
            (2) the illegal possession of firearms, explosives, or any 
        substances or devices of destruction by any individual or group 
        should be prosecuted to the full extent of all applicable laws 
        by the Department of Justice; and
            (3) those legally possessing firearms, explosives, or any 
        substance or device of destruction, and involved in any 
        conspiracy to harm or destroy any agency or property of the 
        United States Government, or any official of the United States 
        Government, or any person, should be promptly prosecuted to the 
        full extent of all applicable laws by the Department of 
        Justice, including those designed to protect the United States 
        Government against treason and subversion.
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