IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 190 
Condemning the April 15, 2013, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks 
in Boston, Massachusetts and calling upon the United States Govern-
ment, the governments of all nations, the United Nations, and other 
international organizations to renounce the use of IEDs and take actions 
to stop their proliferation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2013 
Mr. HANNA submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Judiciary, Armed Services, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the April 15, 2013, Improvised Explosive Device 
(IED) attacks in Boston, Massachusetts and calling upon 
the United States Government, the governments of all 
nations, the United Nations, and other international or-
ganizations to renounce the use of IEDs and take actions 
to stop their proliferation. 
Whereas on April 15, 2013, innocent civilians were mali-
ciously victimized by Improvised Explosive Devices 
(IEDs) in a terrorist attack in Boston, Massachusetts; 
Whereas the IED has become a very effective weapon for 
those who advance their cause through terror and vio-
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lence, as exemplified by the fact that an average of 500 
IED incidents occur in the world each day, excluding in-
cidents occurring in Iraq or Afghanistan, and that an av-
erage of 12 such incidents occur each day in both Iraq 
and Afghanistan; 
Whereas IED attacks are the leading cause of casualties for 
American servicemembers and are anticipated to remain 
the leading cause of such casualties for the foreseeable 
future; 
Whereas the Global Campaign Against IEDs, as a respon-
sible international entity for action against IEDs and for 
supporting IED victims, has found that IED attacks are 
the leading cause of the most prevalent injuries to vet-
erans, including vision and hearing loss, spinal cord inju-
ries, traumatic brain injury, amputations, genitourinary 
injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder; 
Whereas the Blinded Veterans Association and AMVETS 
have found that the Department of Veterans Affairs cur-
rently treats 198,670 veterans for hearing injuries and 
118,150 veterans for eye injuries, numbers that are ex-
pected 
to 
increase 
significantly 
as 
active 
duty 
servicemembers enter the Veterans Affairs system; 
Whereas people who live in areas affected by IED incidents 
live in constant fear of additional attacks that disrupt ev-
erything from daily routines to health care to elections, 
and these disruptions, together with the displacement, de-
struction, and loss of personal assets caused by IED inci-
dents, severely degrade the ability of these people to sus-
tain their livelihoods; 
Whereas reducing the use of IEDs and neutralizing the net-
works that produce them requires a holistic approach to 
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identify and eliminate the root causes that allow such 
networks to form and survive; 
Whereas IEDs kill scores of innocent civilians, including 
women and children; and 
Whereas resolving the IED problem is the global community’s 
responsibility: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) unequivocally condemns the use of Impro-
vised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and calls for the full 
prosecution of those responsible for the IED ter-
rorist attack in Boston, Massachusetts on April 15, 
2013; 
(2) expresses its condolences to the families of 
those who were killed in the IED terrorist attack in 
Boston, Massachusetts on April 15, 2013, and its 
support for those who were injured as well as their 
families; 
(3) expresses unwavering support for the active 
duty servicemembers, first responders, and explosive 
ordnance disposal personnel of the United States 
who face the threat of IEDs and put their lives on 
the line to defeat them; 
(4) calls on all relevant agencies of the United 
States Government to coordinate with international 
partners and other responsible entities to reduce the 
use of IEDs and curb their proliferation; 
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(5) urges the governments of all nations, as 
well as the United Nations and other international 
organizations, to formally renounce the use of IEDs 
through an international resolution and to assist all 
partners and responsible entities in securing and 
monitoring the manufacture, sale, transportation, 
and use of IED components and techniques; 
(6) calls on all relevant agencies of the United 
States Government to support the care of active 
duty servicemembers, veterans, and first responders 
who are victims of IEDs by facilitating the exchange 
of blast trauma research data among law enforce-
ment agencies, the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, congressionally char-
tered veterans service organizations, and other re-
sponsible entities; and 
(7) calls on the United States Government to 
support international action against IEDs and those 
who traffic in IED components and techniques, and 
to support IED victims by sharing IED-related 
event data and information with responsible entities. 
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