[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 429 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 429

Recognizing the sacrifices of individuals working in Iraq under United 
 States Government contracts, expressing sympathy to those individuals 
  injured or taken captive in Iraq, and expressing condolences to the 
             families of those individuals killed in Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2004

Mr. LaTourette (for himself, Mr. Case, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Brown of South 
    Carolina, and Mr. Pickering) submitted the following concurrent 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing the sacrifices of individuals working in Iraq under United 
 States Government contracts, expressing sympathy to those individuals 
  injured or taken captive in Iraq, and expressing condolences to the 
             families of those individuals killed in Iraq.

Whereas the deaths on March 31, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq, of four individuals 
        employed by Blackwater Security Consulting, a division of Blackwater 
        USA, located in Moyock, North Carolina, and the deaths on April 9, 2004, 
        outside of Baghdad, of four individuals employed by Kellogg Brown and 
        Root, a unit of the Halliburton Company, heightened awareness in the 
        United States of the daily peril faced by thousands of such individuals 
        employed by entities carrying out work in Iraq under contracts with the 
        United States Government for the reconstruction of Iraq;
Whereas the four individuals employed by Blackwater Security Consulting, Jerry 
        Zovko, 32, of Euclid, Ohio; Wesley J. Batalona, 48, of Honokaa, Hawaii; 
        Michael Teague, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee; and Scott Helvenston, 38, 
        of Oceanside, California, were killed when the vehicle they were 
        traveling in was hit by rocket-propelled grenades in a rebel ambush in 
        Fallujah;
Whereas, prior to working for Blackwater Security Consulting, all four men had 
        served their country with honor as members of the United States Armed 
        Forces, and left behind wives, children, parents, siblings, and friends;
Whereas the four individuals employed by Kellog Brown and Root, Stephen Hulett, 
        48, of Manistee, Michigan; Jack Montague, 52, of Pittsburg, Illinois; 
        Jeffery Parker, 45, of Lake Charles, Louisiana; and Tony Johnson, 47, of 
        Riverside, California, were killed after an attack on their 
        transportation convoy, leaving behind wives, children, parents, 
        siblings, and friends;
Whereas the work of thousands of individuals employed by entities carrying out 
        work in Iraq under contracts with the United States Government is vital 
        to the reconstruction of Iraq, the safety of United States Armed Forces 
        in Iraq, and the triumph of democracy in Iraq;
Whereas these individuals perform necessary work in a highly professional manner 
        and place their lives at risk each day, including by providing security 
        for members of the United States Armed Forces and for other individuals 
        and entities, delivering fuel and food, and assisting in the 
        reconstruction of Iraq's infrastructure, among other things;
Whereas Congress and the American people have great pride in these individuals 
        and strongly support them; and
Whereas these individuals are to be commended for their willingness to assist in 
        the reconstruction of Iraq and the pursuit of democracy: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) recognizes the sacrifices of individuals employed by 
        entities carrying out work in Iraq under contracts with the 
        United States Government for the reconstruction of Iraq;
            (2) expresses sympathy to those individuals injured or 
        taken captive in Iraq; and
            (3) expresses condolences to the families of those 
        individuals killed in Iraq, including--
                    (A) to the families of Jerry Zovko, 32, of Euclid, 
                Ohio; Wesley J. Batalona, 48, of Honokaa, Hawaii; 
                Michael Teague, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee; and 
                Scott Helvenston, 38, of Oceanside, California, who 
                were killed on March 31, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq; and
                    (B) to the families of Stephen Hulett, 48, of 
                Manistee, Michigan; Jack Montague, 52, of Pittsburg, 
                Illinois; Jeffery Parker, 45, of Lake Charles, 
                Louisiana; and Tony Johnson, 47, of Riverside, 
                California, who were killed on April 9, 2004, outside 
                of Baghdad.
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