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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 808 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 808

Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United 
 States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2023

   Mr. Pence (for himself, Mr. Bost, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
 Carbajal, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Miller of 
     Ohio, Mr. Gallagher, and Mr. Wittman) submitted the following 
                               resolution

                            October 25, 2023

  Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
    Committee on 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

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United 
 States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983.

Whereas October 23, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of the 1983 United States 
        Marine Corps barracks terrorist bombing attack in Beirut, Lebanon;
Whereas the United States had deployed members of the Armed Forces to Lebanon in 
        1982 as part of a multinational peacekeeping force;
Whereas, at 6:22 a.m. local time on October 23, 1983, a truck packed with 
        explosives detonated outside of a building at Beirut International 
        Airport that served as quarters for several hundred members of the 
        United States Armed Forces deployed as part of the peacekeeping force;
Whereas 241 members of the Armed Forces lost their lives in the blast;
Whereas the attack killed 220 marines, and members of the 1st Battalion and 8th 
        Marines Battalion Landing Team;
Whereas October 23, 1983, was the deadliest day for the Marine Corps since the 
        Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945 during World War II;
Whereas in addition to the Marine Corps casualties, 18 Navy sailors and 3 Army 
        soldiers were killed, and more than 100 other members of the Armed 
        Forces were injured;
Whereas members of the Armed Forces from 39 States and Puerto Rico died while 
        serving in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984;
Whereas on the same day as the bombing of the Marine Corps barracks, another 
        suicide bomber killed 58 French paratroopers housed at another barracks 
        in Beirut;
Whereas this terrorist attack on October 23, 1983, was preceded by a separate 
        tragic suicide bombing on April 18, 1983, that killed 63 people, 
        including 17 United States citizens, and injured 120 others in front of 
        the United States Embassy in Beirut; and
Whereas it is fitting and proper that the events of October 23, 1983, and the 
        members of the United States Armed Forces who died in Beirut on that day 
        are remembered: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack 
        on the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, 
        on October 23, 1983;
            (2) remembers the faith and loyalty of the soldiers, 
        sailors, and marines who laid down their lives to protect our 
        freedoms and all veterans who have so nobly worn the uniform of 
        our Armed Forces;
            (3) honors the Gold Star Families who lost their loved ones 
        more than 4 decades ago; and
            (4) reasserts its commitment to opposing violent extremism 
        arrayed against United States interests and to providing the 
        United States military with the resources and support to do so 
        effectively and safely.
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