[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4695-H4696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SUPPORTING THE BID OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO BRING THE 2024 SUMMER 
OLYMPIC GAMES BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND PLEDGING THE COOPERATION OF 
                   CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THAT BID

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs be discharged from further consideration of House 
Concurrent Resolution 142, and ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 142

       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;

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       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.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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