IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 142 
Supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California, to bring the 2024 Summer 
Olympic Games back to the United States and pledging the cooperation 
of Congress with respect to that bid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2016 
Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. KNIGHT, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MCCARTHY, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. 
HAHN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 
AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. GRAHAM, Ms. LEE, Mr. CAR-
TER of Georgia, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali-
fornia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. POLIS, Mr. ALLEN, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. 
TIBERI, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. LEVIN) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California, to bring the 
2024 Summer Olympic Games back to the United States 
and pledging the cooperation of Congress with respect 
to that bid. 
Whereas the International Olympic Committee will meet on 
September 13, 2017, in Lima, Peru, to consider a site for 
the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (in this pre-
amble referred to as the ‘‘Games’’) in 2024; 
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Whereas the United States Olympic Committee has selected 
Los Angeles, California, as the candidate of the United 
States for the 2024 Games; 
Whereas the Games further the cause of world peace and un-
derstanding; 
Whereas the country that hosts the Games performs an act 
of international goodwill; 
Whereas the Games have not been held in the United States 
since 1996; 
Whereas many of the world-class venues to be used in Los 
Angeles’ 2024 plan for the Games are already built or 
are planned as permanent facilities; and 
Whereas Los Angeles is positioned to deliver an innovative, 
fiscally responsible, and sustainable Games: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) advises the International Olympic Com-
mittee that the United States would welcome the 
holding 
of 
the 
2024 
Summer 
Olympic 
and 
Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California, the 
site designated by the United States Olympic Com-
mittee; 
(2) expresses the sincere hope that the United 
States will be selected as the site for the 2024 Sum-
mer Olympic and Paralympic Games and pledges co-
operation and support toward the successful fulfill-
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ment of those Games in the highest sense of the 
Olympic tradition; and 
(3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 
the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu-
tion to the United States Olympic Committee and to 
the International Olympic Committee. 
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