[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 227 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.227
                                    Agreed to September 26, 2001        

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas all Americans are united in condemning, in the strongest 
  possible terms, the terrorists who planned and carried out the 
  attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and in 
  pursuing all those responsible for these attacks and their sponsors 
  until they are brought to justice and punished;

Whereas the Arab-American, South Asian-American, and American Muslim 
  communities are a vital part of the Nation;

Whereas on September 12, 2001, in a mass for the Nation and the victims 
  of the terrorist hijackings and attacks, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 
  the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., reminded all Americans in prayer 
  that ``we must seek the guilty and not strike out against the 
  innocent or we become like them who are without moral guidance or 
  direction'';

Whereas the heads of State of several Arab and predominantly Muslim 
  countries have condemned the terrorist attacks on the United States 
  and the senseless loss of innocent lives; and

Whereas vengeful threats and incidents of violence directed at law-
  abiding, patriotic Americans of Arab or South Asian descent, 
  particularly the Sikh community, and adherents of the Islamic faith 
  have already occurred: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
        (1) declares that in the quest to identify, bring to justice, 
    and punish the perpetrators and sponsors of the terrorist attacks 
    on the United States on September 11, 2001, that the civil rights 
    and civil liberties of all American, including Arab-Americans, 
    American Muslims, and Americans from South Asia, should be 
    protected; and
        (2) condemns any acts of violence or discrimination against any 
    Americans, including Arab-Americans, American Muslims, and 
    Americans from South Asia.
  Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.