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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5408 

To urge the Government of the Republic of Armenia to resolve the murder 

case of Joshua Haglund, a United States citizen, in Yerevan, Armenia, 

and to fund scholarships at the University of Minnesota in the memory 

of Joshua Haglund for study abroad and diversity training. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2006 

Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota (for herself and Mr. OBERSTAR) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

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 

A BILL 

To urge the Government of the Republic of Armenia to 

resolve the murder case of Joshua Haglund, a United 

States citizen, in Yerevan, Armenia, and to fund scholarships at the University of Minnesota in the memory 

of Joshua Haglund for study abroad and diversity training. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Joshua Haglund Jus3 tice and Peace Act of 2006’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) On May 17, 2004, Joshua Haglund, a resi7 dent of Shoreview, Minnesota, was brutally mur8 dered at the age of 33 in Yerevan, Armenia, where 

9 he was teaching English at the Valeri Brusov 

10 Yerevan State Linguistic University as part of the 

11 Department of State-sponsored English Language 

12 Fellows Program. 

13 (2) Joshua Haglund was a graduate of the Uni14 versity of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and earned a 

15 Master’s of Education degree from the University of 

16 Toronto in Second Language Education. 

17 (3) Joshua Haglund dedicated his life to cross18 cultural understanding, becoming an educator who 

19 invested his energy and commitment to students in 

20 the United States, Japan, India, Puerto Rico, Thai21 land, and Armenia. 

22 (4) The murder of Joshua Haglund in Yerevan, 

23 Armenia, remains unresolved after two years despite 

24 an ongoing criminal investigation by Armenian au25 thorities, the support of the United States Embassy 


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1 in Yerevan, and the tireless efforts of the Haglund 

2 family to pursue justice. 

3 (5) The United States Embassy in Armenia 

4 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to 

5 monitor the investigation into the murder of Joshua 

6 Haglund, and have encouraged Armenian authorities 

7 to identify, arrest, and convict the perpetrator of 

8 this heinous crime. 

9 (6) In honor of Joshua Haglund’s life and to 

10 continue his legacy of opportunity, hope, and friend11 ship through global education and cross-cultural un12 derstanding, his family and friends have established 

13 the Joshua Haglund Memorial Peace Scholarship 

14 Fund at the University of Minnesota. 

15 SEC. 3. STATEMENTS OF CONGRESS. 

16 Congress— 

17 (1) urges the Secretary of State to express the 

18 serious concern of Congress to the appropriate rep19 resentatives of the Government of the Republic of 

20 Armenia for the lack of progress in achieving justice 

21 in the unresolved murder of Joshua Haglund; and 

22 (2) calls on the Government of the Republic of 

23 Armenia to continue pursuing the investigation into 

24 the death of Joshua Haglund, in cooperation with 

25 United States Government officials, and to use all 


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1 appropriate means to achieve justice in the death of 

2 Joshua Haglund. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

6 Congress a report on the status of the investigation into 

7 the death of Joshua Haglund. 

8 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec10 retary of Education $250,000 for fiscal year 2007 to fund 

11 the Joshua Haglund Memorial Peace Scholarship Fund at 

12 the University of Minnesota for the purpose of funding 

13 study abroad scholarships and diversity training to further 

14 encourage Joshua Haglund’s vision of compassion, peace, 

15 and community service. 

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