IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1059 
Honoring the heroism of the seven United States Agency for International 
Development and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance supported 
urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti from New York City, 
New York, Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles County, California, 
Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Virginia Beach, Vir-
ginia, and commending their dedication and assistance in the aftermath 
of the January 12, 2010, Haitian earthquake. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2010 
Mr. MCMAHON (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. CLARKE, 
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Ms. WATSON, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. CONNOLLY of 
Virginia, Mr. WOLF, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Ms. 
RICHARDSON, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BARROW, 
Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. HEINRICH, Mrs. HALVORSON, 
Mr. HARE, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. WALZ, Mr. ADLER 
of New Jersey, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HIMES, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. 
WU, Mr. TEAGUE, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. TSONGAS, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. KILROY, Mr. RYAN of Wis-
consin, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, and Ms. DEGETTE) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the heroism of the seven United States Agency 
for International Development and Office of U.S. For-
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•HRES 1059 IH 
eign Disaster Assistance supported urban search and 
rescue teams deployed to Haiti from New York City, 
New York, Fairfax County, Virginia, Los Angeles Coun-
ty, California, Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Flor-
ida, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, and commending their 
dedication and assistance in the aftermath of the Janu-
ary 12, 2010, Haitian earthquake. 
Whereas a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.0 on the 
Richter scale struck the nation of Haiti at 4:53 p.m. 
(local time) on January 12, 2010; 
Whereas the January 12, 2010, earthquake was the largest 
earthquake to hit the island-nation in over 200 years and 
has caused unconscionable loss of life, affected over 
3,000,000 people, and caused widespread physical devas-
tation to buildings and infrastructure; 
Whereas United States urban search and rescue teams were 
immediately activated and deployed from Fairfax County, 
Virginia, Los Angeles County, California, and Miami- 
Dade, Florida, to assist the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) Disaster Assistance 
Response Team (DART); 
Whereas New York City’s first responders asked the Office 
of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to activate 
a New York City urban search and rescue (USAR) short-
ly after the disaster struck; 
Whereas the 511 United States rescue workers comprised 
roughly one-third of the entire international USAR effort 
in Haiti; 
Whereas more than 130 people have been rescued from under 
the rubble in Haiti by the USAR units; 
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Whereas United States USAR units deployed to Haiti also 
trained many of the other foreign search and rescue units 
in Haiti; 
Whereas, on January 21, 2010, Assistant Secretary of State 
for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law En-
forcement Affairs David T. Johnson and New York City 
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly signed a Memo-
randum of Understanding (MOU) to provide the Haitian 
national police, among other police forces, with training 
and technical assistance; and 
Whereas the search and rescue effort in Haiti officially 
transitioned to a long-term humanitarian relief effort on 
January 23, 2010: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the bravery and dedication of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance sup-
ported urban search and rescue teams, the seven 
best trained of these teams in the world; 
(2) congratulates the 511 United States rescue 
workers for the many lives they helped to save in 
Haiti; 
(3) recognizes the contribution of these teams 
not only in the lives that they directly saved, but to 
the international teams that they trained and to the 
people of Haiti; 
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(4) welcomes home the brave first responders of 
the United States urban search and rescue teams; 
and 
(5) views the work of such teams and volun-
teers as an important part of the Nation’s contribu-
tion to the recovery of Haiti. 
Æ 
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