[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 317 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 317

Honoring Lao and Hmong veterans and their refugee families and the 30th 
           year of the end of the Indochina conflict in Laos.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2005

 Mr. Radanovich (for himself, Mr. Holden, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, 
 and Mr. Green of Wisconsin) submitted the following resolution; which 
        was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring Lao and Hmong veterans and their refugee families and the 30th 
           year of the end of the Indochina conflict in Laos.

Whereas 2005 marks the 30th year since the end of the Indochina conflict and the 
        withdrawal of United States forces from Laos;
Whereas armed forces and clandestine forces of the United States worked in 
        cooperation with the Royal Lao Government and special Lao and Hmong 
        military and guerilla units to defend United States national security 
        interests and the Kingdom of Laos during the Indochina conflict;
Whereas Royal Lao armed forces and ethnic Lao and Hmong special guerilla units 
        interdicted enemy troop and supply convoys on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 
        Laos headed toward South Vietnam to engage American combat forces;
Whereas special Lao and Hmong military and guerilla units helped to locate and 
        save American pilots shot down over Laos and Vietnam;
Whereas thousands of freedom-loving Lao and Hmong people sacrificed, suffered, 
        and died in defense of their beloved homeland and in support of the 
        efforts of the armed forces and clandestine forces of the United States 
        to defend Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Southeast Asia;
Whereas the Kingdom of Laos fell to invading North Vietnamese forces and 
        Communist Pathet Lao guerillas in May of 1975;
Whereas tens of thousands of Lao and Hmong veterans and refugees fled Laos after 
        the Communist takeover and were given political asylum in the United 
        States and other countries; and
Whereas many refugee Lao and Hmong veterans and their families have become 
        citizens of the United States, and as new Americans, are positive, 
        patriotic, and successful community and business leaders: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors and commends refugee Lao and Hmong veterans and 
        their families who suffered, sacrificed, and died, along with 
        the armed forces and clandestine forces of the United States, 
        during the Indochina conflict in Laos; and
            (2) recognizes and deeply appreciates the important and 
        invaluable contributions of Lao- and Hmong-Americans to the 
        freedom-loving people of the United States.
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