IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 327 
To recognize and support the efforts of the USA Bid Committee to bring 
the 2018 or 2022 Federation Internationale de Football Association 
(FIFA) World Cup competition to the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. 
BONO MACK, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. CAO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. MORAN of Virginia) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
To recognize and support the efforts of the USA Bid Com-
mittee to bring the 2018 or 2022 Federation Inter-
nationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 
competition to the United States. 
Whereas soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world 
and the FIFA World CupTM competition is the single 
most important event in that sport; 
Whereas the United States successfully hosted in 9 cities 
throughout the Nation the 1994 FIFA World CupTM 
competition, which was broadcast to billions of fans in 67 
nations and set an attendance record of 3,600,000, which 
remains unbroken today; 
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Whereas the 1994 FIFA World CupTM competition served as 
a catalyst for the increased popularity and development 
of the game throughout the United States, as well as the 
introduction of Major League Soccer, the United States 
national first division professional soccer league; 
Whereas the United States Soccer Federation has established 
the USA Bid Committee to prepare and submit a bid to 
host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World CupTM competition 
in the United States; 
Whereas 18 American cities have been named by the USA 
Bid Committee as candidates to serve as hosts to FIFA 
World CupTM matches in 2018 or 2022, with each of 
these cities embodying the diversity and enthusiasm 
shared by the entire Nation and guaranteeing each par-
ticipating team and its followers a ‘‘home team’’ atmos-
phere; 
Whereas the United States offers FIFA a valuable and recep-
tive market within which to further develop the sport of 
soccer, which in turn will have significant impact on and 
off the field in both the United States and throughout 
the world; 
Whereas the United States possesses all necessary state-of- 
the-art infrastructure in its stadia and potential host cit-
ies to ensure that the competition sets a new standard of 
quality, comfort, security and safety for players, officials, 
spectators, media, and sponsors alike; 
Whereas hosting the FIFA World CupTM in the United 
States promises record-setting attendance and financial 
performance, allowing revenues generated by the competi-
tion to be used for the further development of soccer and 
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FIFA’s objectives of positive social and environmental 
change; 
Whereas hosting the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World CupTM com-
petition in the United States would serve as a tremen-
dous impetus to national and international goodwill, as 
the competition would bring people from many nations, 
along with a diverse American public, together under one 
banner of peace, friendship, and spirited but fair com-
petition; and 
Whereas pursuant to FIFA bidding procedures, the President 
of the United States and certain Federal agencies have 
issued guarantees that upon authorization or appropria-
tion, would establish the conditions required to help make 
the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World CupTM competition the 
most successful in history: Now, therefore be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) recognizes and supports the efforts of the 
USA Bid Committee to bring the 2018 or 2022 
FIFA World CupTM competition to the United 
States; 
(2) encourages the President of the United 
States and appropriate Federal agencies to support 
the USA Bid Committee in its efforts to meet all re-
quirements for the United States to host the 2018 
or 2022 FIFA World CupTM competition; and 
(3) welcomes and will give full and timely con-
sideration to a request by the President to provide 
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authorizations and appropriations necessary to fulfill 
guarantees or other obligations in support of the 
2018 or 2022 FIFA World CupTM competition, if 
the United States is selected to host one of these 
events. 
Æ 
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