[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. Res. 150 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 150

  Expressing continued support for the construction of the Victims of 
                          Communism Memorial.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2005

  Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Martinez) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing continued support for the construction of the Victims of 
                          Communism Memorial.

Whereas section 905 of the FRIENDSHIP Act (40 U.S.C. 1003 note) authorizes the 
        construction of a memorial to honor the victims of communism;
Whereas the construction of a Victims of Communism Memorial near the United 
        States Capitol in the District of Columbia is scheduled to begin in the 
        fall of 2005;
Whereas construction of the Memorial is supported by many Americans whose 
        country of origin is, or was, a ``Captive Nation'', from Baltic-
        Americans to Vietnamese-Americans;
Whereas communism has claimed the lives of more than 100,000,000 people in less 
        than 100 years; and
Whereas it is important for the people of the United States to honor and 
        remember the victims of communism by supporting the construction of this 
        memorial: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate expresses its continued support for the 
construction of the Victims of Communism Memorial.
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