[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1059 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1059

      Honoring the heroism of the seven United States Agency for 
     International Development and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster 
 Assistance supported urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti 
  from New York City, New York, Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles 
  County, California, Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Florida, and 
     Virginia Beach, Virginia, and commending their dedication and 
     assistance in the aftermath of the January 12, 2010, Haitian 
                              earthquake.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2010

Mr. McMahon (for himself, Mr. Berman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
 Ackerman, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Engel, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Watson, 
Mr. Crowley, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Wolf, 
Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
 Owens, Mr. Sires, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Bishop 
 of New York, Mr. Barrow, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Heinrich, 
Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. Hare, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Boccieri, Mr. Walz, 
Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Himes, Mr. Nadler of New York, 
Mr. Wu, Mr. Teague, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Kissell, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
Weiner, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Israel, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Ms. 
  Kosmas, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
Polis of Colorado, and Ms. DeGette) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Honoring the heroism of the seven United States Agency for 
     International Development and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster 
 Assistance supported urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti 
  from New York City, New York, Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles 
  County, California, Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Florida, and 
     Virginia Beach, Virginia, and commending their dedication and 
     assistance in the aftermath of the January 12, 2010, Haitian 
                              earthquake.

Whereas a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the 
        nation of Haiti at 4:53 p.m. (local time) on January 12, 2010;
Whereas the January 12, 2010, earthquake was the largest earthquake to hit the 
        island-nation in over 200 years and has caused unconscionable loss of 
        life, affected over 3,000,000 people, and caused widespread physical 
        devastation to buildings and infrastructure;
Whereas United States urban search and rescue teams were immediately activated 
        and deployed from Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles County, 
        California, and Miami-Dade, Florida, to assist the United States Agency 
        for International Development (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team 
        (DART);
Whereas New York City's first responders asked the Office of U.S. Foreign 
        Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to activate a New York City urban search and 
        rescue (USAR) shortly after the disaster struck;
Whereas the 511 United States rescue workers comprised roughly one-third of the 
        entire international USAR effort in Haiti;
Whereas more than 130 people have been rescued from under the rubble in Haiti by 
        the USAR units;
Whereas United States USAR units deployed to Haiti also trained many of the 
        other foreign search and rescue units in Haiti;
Whereas, on January 21, 2010, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of 
        International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David T. Johnson and 
        New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly signed a Memorandum 
        of Understanding (MOU) to provide the Haitian national police, among 
        other police forces, with training and technical assistance; and
Whereas the search and rescue effort in Haiti officially transitioned to a long-
        term humanitarian relief effort on January 23, 2010: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the bravery and dedication of the United States 
        Agency for International Development and Office of U.S. Foreign 
        Disaster Assistance supported urban search and rescue teams, 
        the seven best trained of these teams in the world;
            (2) congratulates the 511 United States rescue workers for 
        the many lives they helped to save in Haiti;
            (3) recognizes the contribution of these teams not only in 
        the lives that they directly saved, but to the international 
        teams that they trained and to the people of Haiti;
            (4) welcomes home the brave first responders of the United 
        States urban search and rescue teams; and
            (5) views the work of such teams and volunteers as an 
        important part of the Nation's contribution to the recovery of 
        Haiti.
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