[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 673 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                     December 15, 2000.
Whereas on December 11, 2000, an MV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed during a training 
        mission near Jacksonville, North Carolina, killing all four members of 
        the United States Marine Corps onboard;
Whereas the Marines who lost their lives in the crash made the ultimate 
        sacrifice in the service of the United States and the Marine Corps;
Whereas the families of these proud Marines have the most sincere condolences of 
        the Nation;
Whereas the members of the Marine Corps take special pride in their esprit de 
        corps, and this terrible loss will resonate through Marine Helicopter 
        Squadron 1 based at Quantico, Virginia, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training 
        Squadron 204 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North 
        Carolina, and the entire Marine Corps family;
Whereas the Nation joins the Commandant of the entire Marine Corps and the 
        Marine Corps in mourning their loss; and
Whereas the Marines killed in the accident were--
            (1) Lieutenant Colonel Keith M. Sweaney, 42, of Richmond, Virginia, 
        assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1, based at Quantico, Virginia;
            (2) Major Michael L. Murphy 38, of Blauvelt, New York, assigned to 
        Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps Air 
        Station New River, North Carolina;
            (3) Staff Sergeant Avely W. Runnels, 25, of Morven, Georgia, 
        assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, based at 
        Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina; and
            (4) Sergeant Jason A. Buyck, 24, of Sodus, New York, assigned to 
        Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps Air 
        Station New River, North Carolina: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) has learned with profound sorrow of the deaths of four members 
        of the United States Marine Corps in the crash of an MV-22 Osprey 
        aircraft on December 11, 2000, during a training mission near 
        Jacksonville, North Carolina, and extends condolences to the families of 
        those four members of the Marine Corps;
            (2) recognizes that those four members of the Marine Corps embodied 
        the credo of the Marine Corps, ``Semper Fidelis'';
            (3) expresses its profound gratitude to those four members of the 
        Marine Corps for the dedicated and honorable service they rendered to 
        the United States and the Marine Corps; and
            (4) recognizes with appreciation and respect the loyalty and 
        sacrifice their families have demonstrated in support of the Marine 
        Corps.
    Sec. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit an enrolled 
copy of this resolution to the Commandant of the Marine Corps and to the 
families of each member of the Marine Corps killed in the accident referred to 
in the first section of this resolution.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.