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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 292 

Expressing support for the victims of the typhoon in the Philippines and 

the surrounding region. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2013 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

RUBIO, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mrs. BOXER, and Mr. 

BEGICH) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the victims of the typhoon in the 

Philippines and the surrounding region. 

Whereas, on November 8, 2013, Typhoon Yolanda, also 

known as Typhoon Haiyan, struck the Republic of the 

Philippines and the surrounding region; 

Whereas Typhoon Yolanda is the strongest typhoon in recorded history to make landfall; 

Whereas President Benigno Aquino III declared a state of 

national calamity after Typhoon Yolanda hit the central 

Philippines; 

Whereas the typhoon caused widespread flooding and landslides, particularly in the provinces of Eastern Samar and 


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Leyte, which experienced storm surges of up to 13 feet 

and sustained winds of more than 175 miles per hour; 

Whereas authorities in the Philippines have confirmed at 

least 1,798 deaths, a toll that is expected to rise as thousands of individuals remain missing as of the date of this 

resolution; 

Whereas unofficial estimates project the number of deaths to 

be over 10,000; 

Whereas, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 670,000 

people have been displaced and 11,300,000 people have 

been affected by Typhoon Yolanda; 

Whereas, according to the Philippine National Disaster Risk 

Reduction and Management Council, the typhoon destroyed or damaged approximately 149,015 houses, as 

well as public infrastructure and agricultural land across 

41 provinces; 

Whereas, in Ormoc City, the second largest city in the province of Leyte, the typhoon damaged or destroyed approximately 80 to 90 percent of housing; 

Whereas the United Nations World Food Program estimates 

that 2,500,000 people will need food assistance in the 

aftermath of the typhoon; 

Whereas the Government of the Philippines has been leading 

and coordinating the disaster response in the Philippines, 

including the evacuation of more than 792,000 people to 

temporary shelters and pre-positioning food commodities 

and emergency relief supplies in advance of the typhoon, 

and deploying military assets and road-clearing equipment to assist with relief operations; 


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Whereas the response by the United States Government to 

this tragedy has included $20,000,000 in aid; 

Whereas a United States Agency for International Development Disaster Assistance Response Team, elements of 

the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and other United 

States military and civilian personnel have deployed to 

the Philippines to provide aid and coordinate United 

States relief efforts; 

Whereas the Philippines and the United States fought sideby-side during World War II to defend the Bataan Peninsula and subsequently liberate the Philippines from 

Japanese control; 

Whereas the Philippines and the United States share a long, 

close relationship as allies, as evidenced by the 1951 

U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty, which was reaffirmed by the Manila Declaration signed in 2011, and 

the United States designation of the Philippines as a 

Major Non-NATO Ally; 

Whereas the Philippines and the United States share strong 

economic, security, and people-to-people ties, including 

approximately 4,000,000 Americans of Philippine ancestry living in the United States, and more than 300,000 

United States citizens residing in the Philippines; and 

Whereas the Philippines and the United States share a long 

tradition of mutual support and cooperation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) mourns the loss of life resulting from the 

3 typhoon; 


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1 (2) expresses its deepest condolences to the 

2 families of the victims of this tragedy; 

3 (3) expresses solidarity with the survivors, and 

4 all those who have lost loved ones or otherwise been 

5 affected by the tragedy; 

6 (4) supports the efforts of the Government of 

7 the Philippines to lead and coordinate assistance to 

8 address immediate humanitarian needs and to begin 

9 reconstruction efforts; 

10 (5) supports the ongoing efforts of the United 

11 States Government, the international community, re12 lief agencies, and private citizens to assist the gov13 ernments and peoples of the Philippines and the sur14 rounding region in their time of need; and 

15 (6) encourages the United States and the inter16 national community to provide additional humani17 tarian assistance to aid the survivors and support 

18 reconstruction efforts, as appropriate. 

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