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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 398 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees 

of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels 

of government, and the millions of law enforcement agents and emergency 

response providers nationwide should be commended for their dedicated 

service on the Nation’s front lines in the war against terrorism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2005 

Mr. COX (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, 

their partners at all levels of government, and the millions of law enforcement agents and emergency response 

providers nationwide should be commended for their 

dedicated service on the Nation’s front lines in the war 

against terrorism. 

Whereas it has been four years since the horrific terrorist attacks against the United States and its people on September 11, 2001; 

Whereas terrorists around the world continue to plot and 

plan attacks against the United States and its interests 
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and foreign allies, as evidenced by the recent terrorist attacks in England and Egypt; 

Whereas acts of terrorism can exact a tragic human toll, resulting in significant numbers of casualties and disrupting hundreds of thousands of lives, causing serious 

damage to our Nation’s critical infrastructure, and inflicting billions of dollars of costs on both our public and 

private sectors; 

Whereas in response to the attacks of September 11th and 

the continuing grave threat of terrorism, the Congress established the Department of Homeland Security in 

March 2003, bringing together 22 disparate Federal entities, enhancing their capabilities with major new divisions 

emphasizing terrorism-related information analysis, infrastructure protection, and science and technology, and focusing their more than 180,000 employees on the critical 

mission of defending our Nation against acts of terrorism; 

Whereas since its creation, the employees of the Department 

of Homeland Security have endeavored to carry out this 

mission with commendable dedication, working with other 

Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies and 

partners at all levels of government to help secure our 

Nation’s borders, airports, seaports, critical infrastructure, and communities against terrorist attack; 

Whereas our Nation’s firefighters, law enforcement officers, 

emergency medical personnel, and other first responders 

selflessly and repeatedly risk their lives to fulfill their 

new mission of helping to prevent, protect against, and 

prepare to respond to acts of terrorism; 
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Whereas State, local, territorial, and tribal government officials, the private sector, and ordinary citizens across the 

country have been working in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal Government agencies to enhance our ability to prevent, deter, 

protect against, and prepare to respond to acts of terrorism; 

Whereas all Americans can assist in promoting our Nation’s 

overall terrorism preparedness by remaining vigilant, reporting suspicious activity to proper authorities, and preparing themselves and their families for potential terrorist attacks; and 

Whereas all Americans should take the opportunity during 

National Preparedness Month in September 2005 to take 

steps at home, work, and school to enhance their ability 

to assist in preventing, protecting against, and preparing 

to respond to acts of terrorism: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the public servants of the De3 partment of Homeland Security and other Federal 

4 agencies for their outstanding contributions to our 

5 Nation’s homeland security; 

6 (2) salutes the dedication of State, local, terri7 torial, and tribal government officials, the private 

8 sector, and citizens across the country for their ef9 forts to enhance the Nation’s ability to prevent, 

10 deter, protect against, and prepare to respond to po11 tential acts of terrorism; 
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1 (3) expresses the Nation’s appreciation for the 

2 sacrifices and commitment of our law enforcement 

3 and emergency response personnel in preventing and 

4 preparing to respond to acts of terrorism; 

5 (4) supports the goals and ideals of National 

6 Preparedness Month as they relate to the threat of 

7 terrorism; and 

8 (5) urges the Federal Government, States, lo9 calities, schools, nonprofit organizations, businesses, 

10 other entities, and the people of the United States 

11 to observe National Preparedness Month with appro12 priate events and activities that promote citizen and 

13 community preparedness to respond to terrorist at14 tacks. 

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