[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 142 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.142
                                         Agreed to July 14, 2016        

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas the International Olympic Committee will meet on September 13, 
  2017, in Lima, Peru, to consider a site for the Summer Olympic and 
  Paralympic Games (in this preamble referred to as the ``Games'') in 
  2024;

Whereas the United States Olympic Committee has selected Los Angeles, 
  California, as the candidate of the United States for the 2024 Games;

Whereas the Games further the cause of world peace and understanding;

Whereas the country that hosts the Games performs an act of 
  international goodwill;

Whereas the Games have not been held in the United States since 1996;

Whereas many of the world-class venues to be used in Los Angeles' 2024 
  plan for the Games are already built or are planned as permanent 
  facilities; and

Whereas Los Angeles is positioned to deliver an innovative, fiscally 
  responsible, and sustainable Games: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
        (1) advises the International Olympic Committee that the United 
    States would welcome the holding of the 2024 Summer Olympic and 
    Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California, the site designated by 
    the United States Olympic Committee;
        (2) expresses the sincere hope that the United States will be 
    selected as the site for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic 
    Games and pledges cooperation and support toward the successful 
    fulfillment of those Games in the highest sense of the Olympic 
    tradition; and
        (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
    transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the United States 
    Olympic Committee and to the International Olympic Committee.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.