[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 94 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 94

Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Staff Sergeant 
                          Laszlo Holovits, Jr.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2016

Mr. Farr introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Staff Sergeant 
                          Laszlo Holovits, Jr.

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., was a staunch opponent of the 
        communist regime in Hungary;
Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., immediately joined the United 
        States Army as soon as he was eligible;
Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., volunteered repeatedly to deploy to 
        Vietnam, but was ineligible because he only had a green card;
Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., was a recipient of the Purple Heart 
        and Bronze Star as well as the National Defense, Vietnam Service, and 
        Vietnam Campaign medals;
Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., died in combat waiting for his 
        citizenship to be officially conferred; and
Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., laid down his life on behalf of a 
        Nation he loved and of which he greatly desired to be a citizen: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Staff Sergeant Laszlo 
Holovits, Jr., is proclaimed posthumously to be an honorary citizen of 
the United States.
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