H. Res. 1066 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
February 23, 2010. 
Whereas the recent crisis in Haiti was caused by a magnitude 
7.0 earthquake, the worst the nation has experienced in 
over two centuries; 
Whereas the disaster wrought by this earthquake has been 
catastrophic, destroying ports, infrastructure, hospitals, 
schools, homes, and businesses, making many roads im-
passable and incapacitating air travel, and severely ham-
pering the efforts of disaster relief organizations; 
Whereas one week after the earthquake hit, electricity was 
still down, running water was not available, and food 
supplies were quickly dwindling; 
Whereas the cities of Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel, Gonaı¨ves, 
Petionville, and surrounding areas have been devastated, 
affecting an estimated 3,000,000 Haitians; 
Whereas the United States Coast Guard was the first to rep-
resent the United States in Haiti after the catastrophic 
earthquake and was an integral part of the initial relief 
efforts; 
Whereas the ability of the Coast Guard to act quickly and ef-
ficiently set the foundation for the quickly escalating 
international response;
•HRES 1066 EH 
Whereas within the first 10 days, 24 United States Navy and 
Coast Guard vessels, thousands of international United 
States Army Reserve rescue workers, over 14,000 mem-
bers of the United States Armed Forces, 71 United 
States helicopters, and 26 Department of Health and 
Human Services personnel arrived or were en route to 
provide logistical support, secure aid distribution, and set 
up temporary housing; 
Whereas after just one week, Joint Task Force Haiti (JTF- 
Haiti) had established multiple forward operating bases 
throughout Haiti and immediately started passing out 
thousands of meals and bottled water; 
Whereas in just one day, JTF-Haiti was able to deliver 
396,808 water bottles, 238,585 meals, and 4,900 lbs. of 
medical supplies to Haitian survivors; 
Whereas 
the 
United 
States 
Southern 
Command 
(SOUTHCOM) and the United States Coast Guard have 
managed the safe arrival and departure of military and 
humanitarian flights at Port-Au-Prince Airport; 
Whereas within the first 10 days, more than 11,000 United 
States citizens were evacuated; 
Whereas the USNS Comfort hospital ship arrived in less than 
a week providing 600 medical personnel and the ability 
to treat more than a 1,000 patients; 
Whereas the USNS Comfort has already treated 1,427 pa-
tients from 10 different hospital sites; 
Whereas within the first two weeks, Department of Defense 
personnel 
distributed 
1,820,463 
bottles 
of 
water, 
1,465,569 meals, and 57,083 lbs. of medical equipment; 
Whereas these operations delivered life sustaining food, 
water, and medical supply packages to Haiti’s displaced;
•HRES 1066 EH 
Whereas during coordinated relief efforts by the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
members of the United States Armed Forces, including 
members of the Army Reserves, the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of De-
fense, the Department of State, and the United Nations, 
personnel and equipment to manage 8 hospitals were de-
livered to provide crucial emergency medical services, and 
6 field hospitals were set up, resulting in thousands of 
lives saved; 
Whereas the first responders teams that readily responded to 
the call for assistance for the Haitian people within the 
first 24 hours after the disaster include the Miami-Dade 
Search and Rescue Team of Miami-Dade County, Flor-
ida, Fairfax County Search and Rescue Team of Fairfax 
County, Virginia, U.S. Urban Search and Rescue Teams 
(US&R) of Los Angeles County, New York City Fire-
fighters, the BATAAN Amphibious Readiness Group 
(ARG)/Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the NAS-
SAU ARG/MEU; 
Whereas the coordinated relief efforts of the United States, 
international agencies, and the United Nations Stabiliza-
tion Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in the first week re-
sulted in 122 courageous rescues of Haitians trapped be-
neath rubble, including a 2-year-old girl who had been 
trapped for 6 days; 
Whereas during the ongoing relief efforts, USAID, members 
of the United States Armed Forces, including members 
of the Army Reserves, FEMA, the Department of De-
fense, the Department of State, and the United Nations 
coordinated teams that delivered 1,910 short tons of hu-
manitarian aid in the first week; and