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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1566

 Honoring the service and sacrifice of America's veterans on Veterans 
                               Day, 2024.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2024

   Mr. Guest (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. 
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. Kelly of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Duncan, 
 Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Edwards, 
Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Grijalva, 
Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Fry, Ms. Granger, Mr. Nunn of 
    Iowa, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Thompson of 
     Pennsylvania, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
Moolenaar, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Banks, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. 
 Torres of California, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Carter of 
 Louisiana, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Landsman, Ms. 
Hageman, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Rouzer, 
 Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
McCormick, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Ms. Mace, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Larsen of 
Washington, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rose, Mr. Mills, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Magaziner, 
Mr. Norman, Mr. Mast, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Salazar, Mrs. Kim of California, 
 Mr. Moran, Mr. Alford, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Kustoff, 
 Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Steube, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Bishop of 
  Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Mann, Mrs. 
 Kiggans of Virginia, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Norcross, Mr. 
 Finstad, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. 
  Deluzio, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. 
 Bergman, Mr. Carl, Mr. Duarte, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, 
 Mr. Pence, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
  Davis of Illinois, Mr. Peters, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. 
  LaMalfa, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Malliotakis, Mrs. Gonzalez-
    Colon, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Latta, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Scott Franklin of 
 Florida, Mr. Biggs, Ms. Letlow, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Honoring the service and sacrifice of America's veterans on Veterans 
                               Day, 2024.

Whereas President Woodrow Wilson declared November 11, 1919, as the first 
        observance of Armistice Day, on the one-year anniversary of the end of 
        hostilities in World War I;
Whereas, in 1938, Congress passed a law to establish November 11 annually as 
        Armistice Day to honor World War I veterans;
Whereas, following heroic actions from servicemembers in World War II and the 
        Korean War, Congress passed Public Law 380 in 1954, to change Armistice 
        Day to Veterans Day;
Whereas Veterans Day honors all who served in the United States military during 
        war or peacetime;
Whereas the United States Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that since 
        the founding of the country more than 41,000,000 Americans have earned 
        the title of veteran;
Whereas the United States Census Bureau reports that approximately 15,800,000 
        Americans were veterans in 2023, having served in the Armed Forces from 
        World War II to post-September 11;
Whereas veterans have kept the darkness of evil from extinguishing the blessed 
        light of freedom;
Whereas veterans have gone forward to fight kaisers, commissars, fascists, 
        Nazis, and terrorists to preserve the freedoms of the United States;
Whereas the families of America's veterans also sacrifice greatly for the United 
        States;
Whereas veterans must continue to receive the services and support they 
        rightfully deserve; and
Whereas veterans service organizations and other groups provide critical 
        advocacy on behalf of America's veterans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the service and sacrifice of America's veterans; 
        and
            (2) calls on the people of the United States to observe 
        Veterans Day in recognition of the heroic actions of America's 
        veterans to protect the United States and allow freedom to 
        endure.
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