IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1332 
Encouraging the continuation and further expansion of sister-city relationships 
between United States and Haitian municipalities as an essential instru-
ment in the ongoing efforts to rebuild Haiti and restore hope and 
prosperity to its people. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2010 
Mr. HIMES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Encouraging the continuation and further expansion of sis-
ter-city relationships between United States and Haitian 
municipalities as an essential instrument in the ongoing 
efforts to rebuild Haiti and restore hope and prosperity 
to its people. 
Whereas, on January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake 
struck the country of Haiti; 
Whereas casualty estimates, still being compiled, as well as 
infrastructure damage, including to roads, ports, hos-
pitals, and residential dwellings, place this earthquake as 
the worst cataclysm to hit Haiti in over two centuries; 
Whereas an estimated 3,000,000 people, nearly one-third of 
the country’s population, have been directly affected by 
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the disaster in Haiti and are currently at risk of long- 
term displacement and vulnerability; 
Whereas Haiti is the poorest, least developed country in the 
Western Hemisphere, and prior to the earthquake was 
ranked 149 out of 182 countries on the United Nations 
Human Development Index; 
Whereas President Obama vowed the ‘‘unwavering support’’ 
of the United States and pledged a ‘‘swift, coordinated 
and aggressive effort to save lives and support the recov-
ery in Haiti’’; 
Whereas the United States Department of Homeland Secu-
rity has temporarily halted the deportation of Haitian na-
tionals to Haiti in response to the devastation caused by 
the earthquake; 
Whereas the United States Department of Homeland Secu-
rity granted the designation of Temporary Protected Sta-
tus for Haitian nationals who are in the United States 
and unable to return to their country due to the destruc-
tion and humanitarian crisis in Haiti; 
Whereas individuals, businesses, and philanthropic organiza-
tions across the United States and throughout the inter-
national community have responded in support of Haiti 
and its populace during this time of crisis, sometimes in 
innovative ways such as fundraising through text mes-
saging; 
Whereas the House of Representatives, in H. Res. 1021, 
passed on January 21, 2010, ‘‘commend[ed] the efforts 
of the American people, including the Haitian-American 
community, to provide relief to families, friends, and un-
known 
peoples 
suffering 
in 
the 
country’’, 
and 
‘‘recognize[d] that the recovery and long-term needs of 
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Haiti will require a sustained commitment by the United 
States and international community based on comprehen-
sive assessments of the development needs for Haiti’’; 
Whereas the House of Representatives in H. Res. 1021 urged 
the President to ‘‘utilize new and innovative thinking in 
providing long-term assistance to Haiti, including tapping 
into the insight and immense potential of the Haitian Di-
aspora, to help Haitians rebuild upon the strongest pos-
sible foundation, in order to promote a stable and sus-
tainable future for Haiti.’’; 
Whereas the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, through its City 
Council, has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in its 
assistance to the Haitian people, through its ongoing sis-
ter-city relations with the City of Petion-Ville, Haiti; 
Whereas in the weeks following the earthquake, the Bridge-
port City Council enacted a resolution reaffirming its 
commitment to the people of Petion-Ville, and has contin-
ued to expand its humanitarian outreach to the people of 
Petion-Ville; 
Whereas a large number of towns and cities in Connecticut 
are actively engaged in sister-city relationships in the de-
veloping and developed world, relationships which not 
only provide direct help those sister cities need to meet 
the humanitarian needs of their people, but also further 
the United States interest in strengthening its cultural 
and economic ties in all corners of the globe; and 
Whereas Sister City International, a nonprofit organization 
with roots in President Eisenhower’s historic September 
1956 White House conference on citizen diplomacy, has 
helped establish 1,992 sister-city partnerships involving 
694 United States municipalities: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives encour-
ages the continuation and further expansion of sister-city 
relationships between United States and Haitian munici-
palities as an essential instrument in the ongoing efforts 
to rebuild Haiti and restore hope and prosperity to its peo-
ple. 
Æ 
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