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•HRES 53 IH 
Whereas intelligence collection by vessels of this type is a 
standard and accepted practice in the world today; 
Whereas the USS Pueblo was engaged in a mission that is 
accepted by the navies and governments of the world; 
Whereas the USS Pueblo had strict orders to remain at all 
times at a distance more than 13 nautical miles from the 
nearest point in North Korean territory, in order to avoid 
any possible incident. The United States has no reason 
to believe the orders were not obeyed; 
Whereas even in the case of a warship that has entered terri-
torial waters, the coastal state is not entitled to assert 
any jurisdiction over it other than to require the warship 
to leave the territorial sea if the warship does not comply 
with regulations of the coastal state concerning passage 
through the territorial sea and disregards a request for 
compliance; 
Whereas the United States contends international law gives 
no such right to seize a foreign war vessel within the ter-
ritorial waters of North Korea; and 
Whereas all evidence shows that the USS Pueblo was on the 
high seas: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) maintains North Korea’s seizure of the ves-
sel USS Pueblo and its detention of the crew were 
in violation of international law; and 
(2) declares that USS Pueblo is the property of 
the United States Government and it should be re-
turned to the United States. 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 542 
Expressing support for the designation of July 2021 as ‘‘American Grown 
Flower and Foliage Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2021 
Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. HERRERA 
BEUTLER, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of July 2021 as 
‘‘American Grown Flower and Foliage Month’’. 
Whereas cut flower and foliage growers in the United States 
are hard-working, dedicated individuals who bring beau-
ty, economic stimulus, and pride to their communities 
and the United States; 
Whereas the people of the United States have a long history 
of using flowers and foliage grown in the United States 
to bring beauty to important events and express affection 
for loved ones; 
Whereas consumers spend over $35,000,000,000 each year 
on floral products, including cut flowers, garden plants, 
bedding, and indoor plants; 
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Whereas each year, an increasing number of households in 
the United States purchase fresh cut flowers and foliage 
from more than 16,000 florists and floral establishments; 
Whereas the annual per capita spending on floral products by 
consumers in the United States is almost $108; 
Whereas the people of the United States increasingly want to 
support domestically produced foods and agricultural 
products and would prefer to buy locally grown flowers 
and foliage whenever possible, yet a majority of domestic 
consumers do not know where the flowers and foliage 
they purchase are grown; 
Whereas in response to increased demand, the ‘‘Certified 
American Grown’’ logo was created in July 2014 in order 
to educate and empower consumers to purchase flowers 
and foliage from domestic producers; 
Whereas millions of stems of domestically grown flowers and 
foliage are now ‘‘Certified American Grown’’; 
Whereas domestic flower and foliage farmers produce thou-
sands of varieties of flowers and foliage across the United 
States, such as peonies in Alaska, Gerbera daisies in 
California, lupines in Maine, tulips in Washington, lilies 
in Oregon, larkspur in Texas, and leatherleaf in Florida; 
Whereas the top flower and foliage varieties with the highest 
production in the United States are tulips, Gerbera dai-
sies, lilies, gladiolas, roses, and leatherleaf; 
Whereas people in every State have access to domestically 
grown flowers and foliage, yet only 20 percent of flowers 
and foliage sold in the United States is domestically 
grown; 
Whereas the domestic cut flower and foliage industry— 
(1) creates a substantial economic impact daily; and 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 544 
Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination 
against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served 
the United States in the Armed Forces, the Foreign Service, and the 
Federal civil service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2021 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself and Mr. TAKANO) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and 
in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and 
Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and 
discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender individuals who served the United States 
in the Armed Forces, the Foreign Service, and the Fed-
eral civil service. 
Whereas the Federal Government discriminated against and 
terminated hundreds of thousands of lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual, and transgender (referred to in this preamble as 
‘‘LGBT’’) individuals who served the United States in 
the Armed Forces, the Foreign Service, and the Federal 
civil service (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘civilian em-
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(2) supports hundreds of growers, thousands of 
small businesses, and tens of thousands of jobs in the 
United States; 
Whereas most domestic cut flowers and foliage are sold in the 
United States within 24 to 48 hours after harvest and 
last longer than flowers shipped longer distances; 
Whereas flowers and foliage grown domestically enhance the 
ability of the people of the United States to festively cele-
brate weddings and births and honor those who have 
passed; 
Whereas flower and foliage giving has been a holiday tradi-
tion in the United States for generations; 
Whereas flowers and foliage speak to the beauty of mother-
hood on Mother’s Day and to the spirit of love on Valen-
tine’s Day; 
Whereas flowers and foliage are an essential part of other 
holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, 
and Kwanzaa; 
Whereas flowers and foliage help commemorate the service 
and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces on Memo-
rial Day and Veterans Day; and 
Whereas the Senate encourages the cultivation of flowers and 
foliage in the United States by domestic flower and foli-
age farmers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘American 
Grown Flower and Foliage Month’’; 
(2) recognizes that purchasing flowers and foli-
age grown in the United States supports the farm-
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ers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the 
United States; 
(3) recognizes that growing flowers and foliage 
in the United States is a vital part of the agricul-
tural industry of the United States; 
(4) recognizes that cultivating flowers and foli-
age domestically enhances the ability of the people 
of the United States to festively celebrate holidays 
and special occasions; and 
(5) urges all people of the United States to 
proactively showcase flowers and foliage grown in 
the United States in order to show support for— 
(A) the flower and foliage farmers, proc-
essors, and distributors in the United States; 
and 
(B) the agricultural industry of the United 
States overall. 
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•HRES 547 IH 
(1) condemns acts of violence against Afghan 
women and girls and any effort to limit the ability 
of women and girls to vote, work, obtain an edu-
cation or otherwise participate in the civic affairs of 
Afghanistan; 
(2) commits to continued assistance to support 
the advancement of women’s and girls’ education 
and access to employment and their full participa-
tion in Afghan society; and 
(3) urges the Administration to ensure that Af-
ghan women, youth, and other marginalized groups 
including from rural and urban provinces are mean-
ingfully participating and engaging in all peace 
talks. 
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Whereas LGBT individuals continued to make significant 
contributions to the United States through their work as 
clerks and lawyers, surgeons and nurses, Purple Heart 
recipients and Navy Seals, translators and air traffic con-
trollers, engineers and astronomers, teachers and dip-
lomats, rangers and Postal Service workers, and advisors 
and policy makers; 
Whereas other countries throughout the world, including 
some of the closest allies of the United States, have 
apologized for similarly discriminating against LGBT 
military service members, Foreign Service members, and 
civilian employees; and 
Whereas, in order for the United States to heal and move 
forward, the Federal Government must accord all LGBT 
individuals who were discriminated against by, wrongfully 
terminated by, and excluded from serving in the Armed 
Forces, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service 
the same acknowledgment and apology: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
The House of Representatives— 
(1) acknowledges and condemns the discrimina-
tion against, wrongful termination of, and exclusion 
from the Federal civil service, the Foreign Service, 
and the Armed Forces of the thousands of lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, and transgender (referred to in this 
section as ‘‘LGBT’’) individuals who were affected 
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by the anti-LGBT policies of the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(2) on behalf of the United States, apologizes 
to— 
(A) the affected LGBT military service 
members, Foreign Service members, veterans, 
and Federal civil service employees; and 
(B) the families of those service members, 
veterans, and Federal civil service employees; 
and 
(3) reaffirms the commitment of the Federal 
Government to treat all military service members, 
Foreign Service members, veterans, and Federal civil 
service employees and retirees, including LGBT indi-
viduals, with equal respect and fairness. 
SEC. 2. DISCLAIMER. 
Nothing in this resolution— 
(1) authorizes or supports any claim against 
the United States; or 
(2) serves as a settlement of any claim against 
the United States. 
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graph, including a statement attesting to the 
qualifications of the member described in para-
graph (4), subject to subparagraph (B). 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—For purposes of a 
statement required under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the case of a member appointed 
under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall compile information on 
the member provided to the Secretary of 
the Interior by the Secretary of State on 
request of the Secretary of the Interior; 
and 
(ii) in the case of a member appointed 
under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall compile information on 
the member provided to the Secretary of 
the Interior by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury on request of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 
(6) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
90 days after the date on which the Committee re-
ceives or completes any report required under the 
2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related 
subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 
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for the celebration of ‘‘Bump Day’’: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That Congress— 
(1) celebrates Bump Day’s goal of helping to 
raise awareness about the need for improved mater-
nal health care in the United States and globally, 
and of ending all preventable maternal deaths; 
(2) recognizes the critical role of health work-
ers, including obstetricians, midwives, mental health 
providers, and doulas in achieving safe, healthy 
pregnancies and deliveries in the United States and 
globally; 
(3) recognizes the benefits of evidence-based 
group prenatal and postpartum care approaches; 
(4) recognizes the role of fathers and other 
partners in supporting healthy pregnancies and safe 
births, as well as initiation and success of 
breastfeeding; and 
(5) reaffirms continued leadership by the 
United States to combat preventable maternal 
deaths in the United States and globally. 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 547 
Calling for the continued support of Afghan women and girls after the 
drawdown of American troops. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2021 
Ms. MANNING (for herself, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. KEATING, Mr. WILSON 
of South Carolina, Ms. WILD, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. DEAN, Mr. MEIJER, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. TITUS, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Ms. JACOBS of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 
SOTO, Ms. MENG, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 
LYNCH, and Mr. KILMER) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the continued support of Afghan women and 
girls after the drawdown of American troops. 
Whereas President Biden has announced the United States 
will withdraw all United States forces from Afghanistan 
by September 11, 2021; 
Whereas the Government of Afghanistan and the Taliban are 
currently engaged in a peace negotiation process; 
Whereas decades of conflict and the emergence of the Taliban 
in the 1990s sharply diminished the rights of women and 
girls in Afghanistan; 
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Whereas women and girls in Afghanistan suffered enormous 
anguish under Taliban rule; 
Whereas the Taliban government brutally oppressed women, 
including by prohibiting women and girls from attending 
school, banning women from working, and perpetrating 
egregious acts of violence such as rape; 
Whereas, following the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 
subsequent overthrow of the Taliban government, oppor-
tunities for women in Afghanistan have dramatically im-
proved; 
Whereas Afghan women are now able to vote, attend school, 
work, and run for elected office; 
Whereas Afghan women have assumed leadership roles such 
as ministers, provincial governors, judges, police officers, 
members of Parliament, and journalists, and are an im-
portant part of Afghan civil society; 
Whereas Afghan women and girls tragically remain targets of 
violence, recently illustrated on May 8, 2021, when ter-
rorists killed at least 85 people and wounded more than 
100 people in three explosions near a high school for girls 
in Kabul; 
Whereas the Taliban’s history of brutality against women and 
the absence of significant female representation through-
out negotiations have created concern for the future of 
women in Afghanistan; and 
Whereas President Biden has pledged the United States will 
‘‘continue to support the rights of Afghan women and 
girls by maintaining significant humanitarian and devel-
opment assistance’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 550 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States 
policy recognizing the Assyrian Genocide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2021 
Mr. HARDER of California (for himself, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. SCHIFF) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing United States policy recognizing the Assyrian Geno-
cide. 
Whereas the Ottoman Empire committed the crime of geno-
cide against the Assyrian people, killing at least 300,000 
innocent Assyrians by way of mass executions, death 
marches, torture, and starvation during the First World 
War; 
Whereas, in August 1933, approximately 3,000 Assyrians 
were brutally murdered in Semele in the Duhok and 
Mosul districts of modern-day Iraq by the nascent Iraqi 
army and irregular Kurdish and Arab forces; 
Whereas August 7 is globally observed by the Assyrian com-
munity as Assyrian Memorial Day in remembrance of all 
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to face higher rates of unemployment and barriers to ac-
cessible workplaces and access to competitive integrated 
employment opportunities; 
Whereas, 31 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, some telecommunication, elec-
tronic, and information technologies continue to be devel-
oped without the goal of full accessibility and inclusion 
for all people of the United States; and 
Whereas, 31 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, many businesses, public and pri-
vate organizations, transportation systems, and services 
are still not accessible to all individuals with disabilities: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of independent 
living for individuals with disabilities made possible 
by the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 
(2) encourages all people of the United States 
to celebrate the advancement of inclusion and equal-
ity of opportunity made possible by the enactment of 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; 
(3) pledges to continue to work on a bipartisan 
basis to identify and address the remaining barriers 
that undermine the national goals of equality of op-
portunity, independent living, economic self-suffi-
ciency, and full participation for individuals with dis-
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massacres and genocides committed against the Assyrian 
people and of the persecution this community has faced 
as a result of their distinct ethnic and religious identity; 
Whereas the International Association of Genocide Scholars 
has found that the genocide against the Assyrian popu-
lation was part of a larger campaign against Christian 
minorities, including Armenians and Pontian and 
Anatolian Greeks; 
Whereas Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term ‘‘genocide’’ in 
1944, drew on the history of the Assyrian Genocide in his 
seminal work that guided the United Nations Convention 
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Geno-
cide; 
Whereas the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441) establishes that 
atrocities prevention represents a United States national 
interest, and affirms that it is the policy of the United 
States to pursue a United States Governmentwide strat-
egy to identify, prevent, and respond to the risk of atroc-
ities by ‘‘strengthening diplomatic response and the effec-
tive use of foreign assistance to support appropriate tran-
sitional justice measures, including criminal account-
ability, for past atrocities’’; 
Whereas the resilience and endurance of the Assyrian people 
is commendable and praiseworthy, despite being victims 
of an ethnocide that is being continued by the Islamic 
State; 
Whereas the Assyrian community across the world continues 
to feel the effects of the Assyrian Genocide, including 
families that have never been reunited; 
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Whereas recognition and commemoration of a genocide is 
critical to efforts of preventing both future genocides and 
further harm to the group upon which the genocide was 
committed; and 
Whereas the Assyrian Genocide remains unrecognized by 
many countries and organizations across the globe, in-
cluding the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that it is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) 
commemorate 
the 
Assyrian 
Genocide 
through official recognition and remembrance; 
(2) reject efforts to enlist, engage, or otherwise 
associate the United States Government with denial 
of the Assyrian Genocide or any other genocide; 
(3) call upon the Republic of Turkey to offi-
cially recognize the Assyrian Genocide; and 
(4) encourage education and public under-
standing of the facts of the Assyrian Genocide, in-
cluding the United States role in the humanitarian 
relief effort, and the relevance of the Assyrian Geno-
cide to modern-day crimes against humanity. 
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