[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 175 Engrossed in House (EH)]








H. Res. 175

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 12, 2006.
Whereas on February 26, 1993, terrorists detonated a bomb in the basement of the 
        World Trade Center in an attempt to destroy the building, killing six 
        and wounding hundreds;
Whereas on September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four civilian aircraft, 
        causing two of them to crash into the twin towers of the World Trade 
        Center in New York City, a third into the Pentagon, and a fourth in 
        rural southwest Pennsylvania;
Whereas nearly 3,000 people were killed at the World Trade Center site in the 
        most lethal terrorist attack ever committed against the United States;
Whereas the attack on the World Trade Center resulted in great destruction and 
        damage to homes, churches, schools, and commercial and retail buildings, 
        causing the loss of approximately sixty thousand jobs and many 
        businesses in Lower Manhattan, and wounding incalculable numbers of 
        citizens of New York;
Whereas the human and emotional toll of this attack has been deeply and 
        profoundly felt in New York, by Americans across the United States, and 
        people throughout the world;
Whereas the attacks united Americans with all good citizens of the world, 
        regardless of political, ethnic, or religious persuasion or affiliation;
Whereas in the months and years since the historic events of February 26, 1993, 
        and September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of people have visited the 
        World Trade Center site to mourn the dead, to pay tribute to the heroic 
        action and sacrifice of the firefighters, police, emergency personnel, 
        and other responders, and to attempt to understand the nature of this 
        attack on the United States;
Whereas many citizens, family members, local residents and businesses, 
        professional organizations, State and local officials, and 
        constituencies around the Nation and the world are deeply interested in 
        the successful planning and rebuilding process at the World Trade Center 
        site;
Whereas a broad and deep consensus has emerged in the United States that this is 
        a sacred site that cannot be forgotten and must be honored;
Whereas the site of the World Trade Center requires the highest form of national 
        recognition;
Whereas the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation has been established to 
        create a permanent memorial at the site to honor the victims and heroes 
        of the attacks;
Whereas Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and William 
        J. Clinton serve as Honorary Members of the Board of the Foundation to 
        support its mission, underscoring the wide support of the effort to 
        build a permanent and appropriate memorial at the World Trade Center 
        site;
Whereas in April 2003, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation launched the 
        largest design competition in history for the creation of a permanent 
        memorial, with designs submitted by 5,201 individual participants from 
        63 nations and 49 States; and
Whereas after a distinguished 13-member jury reviewed every submission, on 
        January 6, 2004, the jury announced the winning memorial design, 
        ``Reflecting Absence'' by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect 
        Peter Walker: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the importance of establishing a national memorial at 
        the World Trade Center site, as the highest honor the Nation can confer 
        to commemorate and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, and September 
        11, 2001; and
            (2) supports the efforts of the World Trade Center Memorial 
        Foundation to build a permanent memorial at the World Trade Center site.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.