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IV 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 361 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2005 Mr. Buyer (for himself and Mr. Evans) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs RESOLUTION Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930.

Whereas in the history of the United States, more than 48,000,000 citizen-soldiers have served the Nation in uniform, of whom more than 1,000,000 gave their lives as a consequence of their duties; Whereas as of July 21, 2005, there are more than 25,000,000 living veterans; Whereas the Nation’s obligation to its veterans is encapsulated in the following words of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered on March 4, 1865, … to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan; Whereas on July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover issued an executive order creating a new agency, the Veterans Administration, to consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting war veterans; Whereas on October 25, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (Public Law 100–527) under which, effective as of March 15, 1989, the Veterans Administration was established as an executive department and redesignated as the Department of Veterans Affairs, with the mission of providing Federal benefits to veterans and their families; and Whereas in 2005, the 230,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs continue the tradition of their predecessors, caring for the Nation’s veterans with dedication and compassion and upholding the high standards required of them as stewards of the public’s gratitude to those veterans: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)recognizes the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans’ Administration; and (2)acknowledges the achievements of the employees of the Veterans Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs and commends them for their contributions to the Nation’s veterans.