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

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1378

Condemning the theft from the Mojave National Preserve of the national 
Mojave Cross memorial honoring American soldiers who died in World War 
                                   I.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2010

Mr. Lewis of California (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. 
Young of Alaska) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
  on the Judiciary, 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


 
Condemning the theft from the Mojave National Preserve of the national 
Mojave Cross memorial honoring American soldiers who died in World War 
                                   I.

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.
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