[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-8. A joint resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Colorado recognizing the 
     bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo and 
     designating January 23rd each year as ``U.S.S. Pueblo Day''; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

                     HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 13-1008

       WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was originally launched as a 
     United States Army cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to 
     the United States Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Pueblo in 1966; 
     and
       WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was named for the city of 
     Pueblo, Colorado, and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was 
     the third ship in the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo; 
     and
       WHEREAS, After leaving Japan in early January 1968 on an 
     intelligence mission, the U.S.S. Pueblo was attacked by the 
     North Korean military on January 23, 1968; and
       WHEREAS, According to United States Naval authorities and 
     the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international 
     waters at the time of the attack; and
       WHEREAS, One crew member of the U.S.S. Pueblo was killed 
     during the attack, and eighty crew members and two civilian 
     oceanographers were captured and held for eleven months by 
     the North Korean government; and
       WHEREAS, This year marks the forty-fifth anniversary of 
     North Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and
       WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the 
     United States Navy but continues to be held by the North 
     Korean government and is currently a museum in Pyongyang, 
     North Korea; now, therefore,
       Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the 
     Sixty-ninth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the 
     Senate concurring herein:
       (1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize 
     the bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo; 
     and
       (2) That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo 
     bears the name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, 
     therefore, the citizens of Colorado should be aware of the 
     incident that occurred with the U.S.S. Pueblo forty-five 
     years ago;
       (3) That we recognize the recent passing of North Korean 
     leader Kim Jong II, and that we take this occasion to renew 
     the call for the return of the U.S.S. Pueblo to the people of 
     the United States; and
       (4) That we hereby designate January 23 each year as 
     ``U.S.S. Pueblo Day'' as a day to remember and honor the 
     brave crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo.
       Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint 
     Resolution be sent to President Barack Obama, Governor John 
     W. Hickenlooper, President Pro Tempore of the United States 
     Senate Patrick Leahy, Speaker of the United States House of 
     Representatives John Boehner, and the members of Colorado's 
     Congressional delegation.

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