[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1152 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1152

   Expressing support for the designation of September 25, 2020, as 
 ``Disabled American Veterans Day'' to honor the 100th anniversary of 
   Disabled American Veterans (DAV) for its service to the Nation's 
       service-disabled veterans, their families, and survivors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2020

 Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Banks, Mr. 
 Peterson, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Lamb, 
  Mr. Brindisi, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Bost, and 
 Mrs. Luria) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing support for the designation of September 25, 2020, as 
 ``Disabled American Veterans Day'' to honor the 100th anniversary of 
   Disabled American Veterans (DAV) for its service to the Nation's 
       service-disabled veterans, their families, and survivors.

Whereas Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was founded by World War I veterans on 
        September 25, 1920, and was chartered by an Act of Congress on June 17, 
        1932;
Whereas, in 2020, DAV celebrates 100 years of serving veterans of the Armed 
        Forces, their families, survivors, and communities;
Whereas DAV is dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-
        quality lives with respect and dignity;
Whereas DAV accomplishes this by ensuring veterans and their families have 
        access to the full range of benefits available to them, by fighting for 
        the interests of America's injured heroes, and by educating the public 
        about the needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life;
Whereas DAV provides free, professional assistance to veterans and their 
        families in obtaining benefits and services provided by the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other agencies;
Whereas DAV also provides outreach concerning its programs and services to the 
        American people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families 
        specifically;
Whereas DAV represents the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their 
        widowed spouses, and their orphans before the Federal Government, as 
        well as State and local governments;
Whereas DAV has fought tirelessly for equal access to critical Department of 
        Veterans Affairs caregiver benefits and services for severely disabled 
        veterans of all generations, resulting in legislation to expand 
        eligibility to those injured prior to September 11, 2001, as part of the 
        VA MISSION Act; and
Whereas DAV co-presents the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic and 
        National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament; has organized the nationwide 
        DAV Transportation Network to provide free transportation for veterans 
        to VA medical appointments; operates an active Charitable Service Trust 
        funding the needs of local providers assisting at-risk local veterans; 
        has built an active volunteer corps offering thousands of hours of 
        service to our veterans and communities; offers veterans, transitioning 
        military members, and spouses access to employers through its nationwide 
        job fair program; provides emergency assistance to veterans in need 
        through the DAV Disaster Relief Program; and operates the Jesse Brown 
        Memorial Youth Scholarship Program to contribute to the lives of young 
        Americans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``Disabled American 
        Veterans Day''; and
            (2) acknowledges that Disabled American Veterans chapters 
        across our country demonstrate their unending commitment to ill 
        and injured veterans of all generations and conflicts and is 
        proud to honor the members of the Disabled American Veterans.
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