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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 436 

Expressing support for the designation of July 29, 2017, as ‘‘Paralympic 

and Adaptive Sport Day’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2017 

Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. 

THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of July 29, 2017, 

as ‘‘Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day’’. 

Whereas more than 53 million Americans disclosed living 

with a disability in 2015; 

Whereas more than 3.8 million American veterans reported 

living with some service-related disability in 2015; 

Whereas adaptive sports for individuals with disabilities have 

existed for over 100 years; 

Whereas adaptive sports were more widely introduced after 

World War II with the purpose of assisting the large 


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number of war veterans and civilians who had been injured during wartime; 

Whereas July 29 marks the date of the first Stoke Mandeville 

Games for the Disabled in Stoke Mandeville, England, 

which provided the first wheelchair competition for service men and women injured in World War II; 

Whereas the Stoke Mandeville Games ultimately evolved into 

the Paralympic Games, which now include athletes with 

physical, visual, and intellectual disabilities; 

Whereas the International Paralympic Movement celebrates 

the values of courage, determination, inspiration, and 

equality and works to enable paralympic athletes to 

achieve sporting excellence and inspire people around the 

world; 

Whereas the United States Paralympians continue to achieve 

competitive distinction and preserve the ideals and values 

of the Paralympic Games; 

Whereas 18 veterans were members of Team USA at the 

Sochi Paralympic Games, and 35 veterans were members 

of Team USA at the Rio Paralympic Games; 

Whereas participation in the Paralympic Games and other 

adapted sport competitions and athletic reconditioning 

activities, such as the Paralympic Military Program, 

plays a fundamental role for American service members 

and veterans who are reintegrating into civilian life and 

developing adaptive strategies during rehabilitation; 

Whereas a celebration of Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day 

will improve the communities of the United States and 

uplift and inspire the Paralympic champions of the future; 


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Whereas Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day will encourage 

the youth of the United States to participate in and support inclusion of all people in sport; and 

Whereas Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day will create 

awareness and understanding toward people with a disability: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Paralympic 

3 and Adaptive Sport Day’’; 

4 (2) supports the inclusive goals of the 

5 Paralympic Movement and recognizes the value of 

6 sport for athletes with a disability; 

7 (3) acknowledges the extraordinary contribution 

8 and sacrifice of the United States active-duty service 

9 members and veterans who have sustained a trau10 matic injury and acquired a disability in the service 

11 of our country; and 

12 (4) promotes— 

13 (A) a more inclusive society for all people 

14 with a disability through paralympic and adapt15 ive sport throughout the United States; and 

16 (B) the paralympic values of courage, de17 termination, inspiration, and equality. 

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