[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING AND MEMORIALIZING THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF UNITED AIRLINES 
                               FLIGHT 93

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 136, 
and that the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 136) honoring and 
     memorializing the passengers and crew of United Airlines 
     Flight 93.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
to the concurrent resolution, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the 
concurrent resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed 
to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, without any 
intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the 
measure be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4062) was agreed to, as follows:

      (Purpose: To improve the language relating to the memorial)

       Beginning on page 2, strike line 10 and all that follows 
     through page 3, line 8, and insert the following:
       (3) not later than January 1, 2006, the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, and the 
     minority leader of the Senate shall select an appropriate 
     memorial that shall be located in the United States Capitol 
     Building and that shall honor the passengers and crew of 
     Flight 93, who saved the United States Capitol Building from 
     destruction; and
       (4) the memorial shall state the purpose of the honor and 
     the names of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 on whom the 
     honor is bestowed.

  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 136), as amended, was agreed 
to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 136

       Whereas on September 11, 2001, acts of war involving the 
     hijacking of commercial airplanes were committed against the 
     United States, killing and injuring thousands of innocent 
     people;
       Whereas 1 of the hijacked planes, United Airlines Flight 
     93, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania;
       Whereas while Flight 93 was still in the air, the 
     passengers and crew, through cellular phone conversations 
     with loved ones on the ground, learned that other hijacked 
     airplanes had been used to attack the United States;
       Whereas during those phone conversations, several of the 
     passengers indicated that there was an agreement among the 
     passengers and crew to try to overpower the hijackers who had 
     taken over Flight 93;
       Whereas Congress established the National Commission on 
     Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred 
     to as ``the 9-11 Commission'') to study the September 11, 
     2001, attacks and how they occurred;
       Whereas the 9-11 Commission concluded that ``the nation 
     owes a debt to the passengers of Flight 93. Their actions 
     saved the lives of countless others, and may have saved 
     either the U.S. Capitol or the White House from 
     destruction.''; and
       Whereas the crash of Flight 93 resulted in the death of 
     everyone on board: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That--
       (1) the United States owes the passengers and crew of 
     United Airlines Flight 93 deep respect and gratitude for 
     their decisive actions and efforts of bravery;
       (2) the United States extends its condolences to the 
     families and friends of the passengers and crew of Flight 93;
       (3) not later than January 1, 2006, the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, and the 
     minority leader of the Senate shall determine a location in 
     the United States Capitol Building (including the Capitol 
     Visitor Center) that shall be named in honor of the 
     passengers and crew of Flight 93, who saved the United States 
     Capitol Building from destruction; and
       (4) a memorial plaque shall be placed at the site of the 
     determined location that states the purpose of the honor and 
     the names of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 on whom the 
     honor is bestowed.

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