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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 865 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Disabled American Veterans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2020 

Mr. TAKANO (for himself and Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Disabled American 

Veterans. 

Whereas Disabled American Veterans of the World War (now 

DAV—Disabled American Veterans) was founded on 

September 25, 1920, and chartered by Congress on June 

17, 1932, in recognition of the role of the organization 

as the official voice of the Nation’s wartime disabled veterans; 

Whereas in 2020, DAV celebrates 100 years of serving veterans, their families, survivors, and communities; 

Whereas DAV is the largest wartime veterans service organization in the United States made up exclusively of men 

and women disabled in defense of the Nation with approximately 1,000,000 service-disabled veterans in its 

membership; 


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Whereas the National Headquarters of DAV is located in 

Kentucky, its National Service and Legislative Headquarters is located in Washington, DC, and 52 departments and 1,344 chapters are located throughout the 

United States; 

Whereas since its founding, DAV has served American veterans wounded, injured, or made ill due to military service by advocating for the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and by fighting in the halls of 

Congress for benefits and services for service-disabled 

veterans; 

Whereas in 1920, DAV began representing the interests of 

veterans and subsequently developed a professional national service officer corps that has made DAV the Nation’s preeminent provider of claims assistance to injured 

and ill American veterans, their families, and their survivors; 

Whereas DAV co-presents the National Disabled Veterans 

Winter Sports Clinic and the National Disabled Veterans 

Training Exposure Experience Tournament, has organized a nationwide transportation network providing free 

transportation to Department of Veterans Affairs medical 

facilities for injured and ill veterans, operates an active 

charitable service trust funding the needs of local providers assisting at-risk local veterans, maintains an active 

volunteer corps providing thousands of hours of service to 

veterans and communities, and created the Jesse Brown 

Memorial Youth Scholarship program to contribute to the 

lives of young Americans; 

Whereas DAV has championed important programs for improving the lives of all veterans, including the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs, 


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the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, a modernized 

appeals process, an advanced appropriation to ensure 

adequate and timely funding for Department of Veterans 

Affairs health care, family caregivers’ benefits, and the 

model for today’s Vet Centers; and 

Whereas DAV continues to advocate and create awareness for 

many issues affecting veterans, including equitable benefits and services for women veterans, appropriate resources for mental health, suicide prevention services, 

and benefits for all veterans exposed to toxic substances: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes that DAV has made significant 

3 contributions fulfilling our promises to the men and 

4 women who served—both with and without disabil5 ities—and in the lives of their communities and con6 tinues to do so; 

7 (2) honors the vital and ongoing role DAV 

8 plays in supporting the needs of veterans and their 

9 families in the United States throughout 100 years 

10 of service; and 

11 (3) commemorates the legacy of DAV in service 

12 provision and advocacy throughout 100 years of his13 tory of the United States. 

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