109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 444
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas 
the 
Defense 
POW/Missing 
Personnel 
Office 
(DPMO), an element of the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense, exercises policy, control and oversight within the 
Department of Defense of the process of investigation, 
analysis, recovery, and fullest possible accounting of 
Americans missing as a result of the Nation’s previous 
wars and conflicts;
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Whereas the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), 
located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, is charged with 
the mission of conducting investigations, analysis, recov-
ery, and identifications to achieve the fullest possible ac-
counting of all Americans missing as a result of the Na-
tion’s wars and conflicts; 
Whereas the laboratory portion of that command, referred to 
as the Central Identification Laboratory, is the largest 
forensic anthropology laboratory in the world; 
Whereas the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory 
(AFDIL), located in Rockville, Maryland, is one of the 
leading laboratories in the world for processing degraded 
skeletal remains and family references for mitochondrial 
DNA; 
Whereas the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory 
(LSEL), located in San Antonio, Texas, houses the most 
comprehensive technical library and collection of life 
sciences equipment used by the Armed Forces, to include 
analysts for artifact identification; 
Whereas National POW/MIA Recognition Day is one of the 
six days specified in section 902 of title 36, United States 
Code, as days on which the National League of Families 
POW/MIA flag is to be flown over specified Federal fa-
cilities and national cemeteries, post offices, and military 
installations; 
Whereas as of September 15, 2006, the remains of 60 Ameri-
cans unaccounted for from the Korean War have been re-
covered, and these remains have been repatriated, identi-
fied, and returned to their families; 
Whereas as of September 15, 2006, the remains of more than 
375 Americans unaccounted for from World War II, the
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Cold War, and other conflicts fought by the United 
States have been recovered throughout the world, and 
these remains have been repatriated, identified, and re-
turned to their families; 
Whereas the improved access of representatives of the United 
States to information in the Socialist Republic of Viet-
nam, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and the 
Kingdom of Cambodia has resulted in the recovery and 
repatriation of the remains of Americans unaccounted for 
from the Vietnam War; 
Whereas as of September 15, 2006, 216 Joint Field Actions 
have been conducted in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 
which has resulted in the recovery of the remains of 841 
Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, and 
these remains have been repatriated, identified, and re-
turned to their families; 
Whereas the United States has a historic commitment to the 
recovery of, and the fullest accounting of, Americans who 
are missing as a result of the Nation’s wars and conflicts; 
and 
Whereas every member of the United States Armed Forces 
who is unaccounted for as a result of service to the Na-
tion is equally important, regardless of the time or place 
of the war or conflict: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
(1) recognizes that National POW/MIA Rec-
ognition Day is one of the six days specified by sec-
tion 902 of title 36, United States Code, as days on 
which the National League of Families POW/MIA
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flag is to be flown over specified Federal facilities 
and national cemeteries, military installations, and 
post offices; 
(2) applauds the personnel of the Defense 
POW/Missing Personnel Office, the Joint POW/MIA 
Accounting Command of the Department of De-
fense, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab-
oratory, the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment 
Laboratory, and the military departments for con-
tinuing their mission of achieving the fullest possible 
accounting of all Americans unaccounted for as a re-
sult of the Nation’s previous wars and conflicts; 
(3) extends its appreciation and the apprecia-
tion of the people of the United States to the per-
sonnel of those offices, commands, and laboratories 
in the United States, the Socialist Republic of Viet-
nam, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and the 
Kingdom of Cambodia for their efforts to achieve 
the fullest possible accounting of all Americans who 
remain unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnam 
War; 
(4) encourages the United States Government 
to use all available means to continue the mission 
described in paragraph (2) at current or greater lev-
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els until the fullest possible accounting missing 
Americans is achieved; 
(5) recognizes that the efforts and involvement 
of POW/MIA families and veterans contribute sig-
nificantly to the fullest possible accounting of miss-
ing Americans; 
(6) recognizes the assistance of host nations in 
supporting the efforts of the United States Govern-
ment to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all 
Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Na-
tion’s previous wars and conflicts; 
(7) extends its appreciation to Vietnam, Laos, 
and Cambodia for continued assistance and coopera-
tion in the humane recovery, repatriation, and iden-
tification of the remains of Americas still unac-
counted for from the Vietnam War; and 
(8) encourages all host nations to assist and co-
operate in the humane recovery, repatriation, and 
identification of the remains of Americans unac-