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Guard of the United States, the term ‘Territory’ in-
cludes Guam and the Virgin Islands.’’. 
(2) Sections 103, 104(c), 314, 315, 708(d), and 
711 are amended by striking ‘‘State and Territory, 
Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia’’ and 
‘‘State or Territory, Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia’’ each place they appear and inserting 
‘‘State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands’’. 
(3) Sections 104(d), 107, 109, 503, 703, 704, 
710, and 712 are amended by striking ‘‘State or 
Territory, Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia’’ 
and ‘‘State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands or the District of Columbia’’ each place they 
appear and inserting ‘‘State, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the 
Virgin Islands’’. 
(4) Sections 104(a), 505, 702(a), and 708(a) 
are amended by striking ‘‘State or Territory and 
Puerto Rico’’ and ‘‘State or Territory, Puerto Rico’’ 
each place they appear and inserting ‘‘State, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Vir-
gin Islands’’. 
(5) Section 324 is amended by striking ‘‘State 
or Territory of whose National Guard he is a mem-
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ber, or by the laws of Puerto Rico, or the District 
of Columbia, if he is a member of its National 
Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘State of whose National 
Guard he is a member, or by the laws of the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Colum-
bia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, whose National 
Guard he is a member’’. 
(6) Section 325 is amended by striking ‘‘State 
or Territory, or of Puerto Rico’’ and ‘‘State or Ter-
ritory or Puerto Rico’’ each place they appear and 
inserting ‘‘State, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands’’. 
(7) Sections 326, 327, and 501 are amended by 
striking ‘‘States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and 
the District of Columbia’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘States, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Vir-
gin Islands’’. 
SEC. 1048. SENSE OF CONGRESS RECOGNIZING THE DIVER-
SITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES KILLED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREE-
DOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 
AND HONORING THEIR SACRIFICES AND THE 
SACRIFICES OF THEIR FAMILIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) Over 1,500 members of the United States 
Armed Forces have been killed while serving in Op-
eration Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom. 
(2) The members of the Armed Forces killed in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom came from diverse ethnic backgrounds. 
(3) All of these members of the Armed Forces 
lost their lives defending the cause of freedom, de-
mocracy, and liberty. 
(4) Diversity is an essential part of the strength 
of the Armed Forces, in which members having dif-
ferent ethnic backgrounds and faiths share the same 
goal of defending the cause of freedom, democracy, 
and liberty. 
(5) The Armed Forces are representative of the 
diverse culture and backgrounds that make the 
United States a great nation. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should—
(1) recognize and celebrate the diversity of the 
Armed Forces; and 
(2) recognize and honor the sacrifices being 
made by the diverse members of the Armed Forces 
and their families in the war against terrorism.