IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 436 
Expressing support for the designation of July 29, 2017, as ‘‘Paralympic 
and Adaptive Sport Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2017 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. 
THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of July 29, 2017, 
as ‘‘Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day’’. 
Whereas more than 53 million Americans disclosed living 
with a disability in 2015; 
Whereas more than 3.8 million American veterans reported 
living with some service-related disability in 2015; 
Whereas adaptive sports for individuals with disabilities have 
existed for over 100 years; 
Whereas adaptive sports were more widely introduced after 
World War II with the purpose of assisting the large 
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number of war veterans and civilians who had been in-
jured during wartime; 
Whereas July 29 marks the date of the first Stoke Mandeville 
Games for the Disabled in Stoke Mandeville, England, 
which provided the first wheelchair competition for serv-
ice men and women injured in World War II; 
Whereas the Stoke Mandeville Games ultimately evolved into 
the Paralympic Games, which now include athletes with 
physical, visual, and intellectual disabilities; 
Whereas the International Paralympic Movement celebrates 
the values of courage, determination, inspiration, and 
equality and works to enable paralympic athletes to 
achieve sporting excellence and inspire people around the 
world; 
Whereas the United States Paralympians continue to achieve 
competitive distinction and preserve the ideals and values 
of the Paralympic Games; 
Whereas 18 veterans were members of Team USA at the 
Sochi Paralympic Games, and 35 veterans were members 
of Team USA at the Rio Paralympic Games; 
Whereas participation in the Paralympic Games and other 
adapted sport competitions and athletic reconditioning 
activities, such as the Paralympic Military Program, 
plays a fundamental role for American service members 
and veterans who are reintegrating into civilian life and 
developing adaptive strategies during rehabilitation; 
Whereas a celebration of Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day 
will improve the communities of the United States and 
uplift and inspire the Paralympic champions of the fu-
ture; 
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Whereas Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day will encourage 
the youth of the United States to participate in and sup-
port inclusion of all people in sport; and 
Whereas Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day will create 
awareness and understanding toward people with a dis-
ability: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Paralympic 
and Adaptive Sport Day’’; 
(2) supports the inclusive goals of the 
Paralympic Movement and recognizes the value of 
sport for athletes with a disability; 
(3) acknowledges the extraordinary contribution 
and sacrifice of the United States active-duty service 
members and veterans who have sustained a trau-
matic injury and acquired a disability in the service 
of our country; and 
(4) promotes— 
(A) a more inclusive society for all people 
with a disability through paralympic and adapt-
ive sport throughout the United States; and 
(B) the paralympic values of courage, de-
termination, inspiration, and equality. 
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