[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1378 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1378

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 28, 2010.
Whereas in 1934, World War I veterans placed a cross memorial on Sunset Rock 
        near Barstow, California, with a wooden plaque proclaiming the simple 
        monument honored the lives of all who have defended America and freedom;
Whereas in 2002, Congress declared the Mojave Cross a national memorial, the 
        only such memorial dedicated to the war dead of World War I;
Whereas in 2003, Congress passed legislation to protect the Mojave Cross 
        memorial by providing for a land swap that would leave the cross on 
        private land, to be maintained by the Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Whereas, on April 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court, in Salazar v. 
        Buono, reversed a Court of Appeals judgment that invalidated an effort 
        by Congress to preserve the Mojave Cross memorial through a land 
        transfer and remanded the case for further proceedings; and
Whereas, on May 9, 2010, the Mojave Cross memorial was reportedly vandalized and 
        stolen: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the illegal removal of the Mojave Cross memorial by 
        vandals as a repulsive act that is an insult to the brave men and women 
        who have served in the Armed Forces and who have given their lives to 
        defend the country; and
            (2) urges the National Park Service and Federal law enforcement to 
        continue working with the Veterans of Foreign Wars to recover the Mojave 
        Cross memorial.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.