IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 397 
Honoring 2006 Olympic team member Joey Cheek and recognizing the need 
to work with international partners to help bring an end to the ongoing 
genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and the suffering of children 
in Chad. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2006 
Mr. MEEKS of New York (for himself, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
LANTOS, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. TANCREDO, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. MILLER of 
North Carolina, Mr. ADERHOLT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, and Mr. RANGEL) submitted the following concurrent resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring 2006 Olympic team member Joey Cheek and recog-
nizing the need to work with international partners to 
help bring an end to the ongoing genocide in the Darfur 
region of Sudan and the suffering of children in Chad. 
Whereas United States 2006 Olympic team member Joey 
Cheek won the Olympic 500 meter speed-skating event 
with the fastest aggregate time of 69.76 seconds to earn 
the gold medal and a $25,000 prize on February 20, 
2006, at the Oval Lingotto in Torino, Italy; 
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Whereas Joey Cheek, at great sacrifice to his family and him-
self, has spent 10 years training for the Olympic competi-
tion; 
Whereas, at the completion of the 2006 Olympic Games, Joey 
Cheek retired from competition and plans to attend col-
lege to pursue intellectual enrichment; 
Whereas United States Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek 
announced that he would donate the total sum of his 
prize of $25,000 to an organization called ‘‘Right to 
Play’’, whose mission statement reads ‘‘Creating a 
healthier and safer world for children through the power 
of sports and play’’; 
Whereas, in announcing his plan to donate his prize money, 
Joey Cheek declared, ‘‘In the Darfur region of Sudan, 
tens of thousands of people have been killed; my govern-
ment called it genocide. So I will be donating money spe-
cifically to a program that helps refugees in Chad, where 
there are over 60,000 children who have been displaced.’’; 
Whereas Joey Cheek is not financially wealthy but has sac-
rificed using his prize money to pay for college in order 
to help refugee children in Chad; 
Whereas Joey Cheek announced that he would ask Olympic 
sponsors to match his donation; 
Whereas, on July 22, 2004, the United States House of Rep-
resentatives and the United States Senate declared that 
atrocities taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan are 
genocide; 
Whereas over 3,500,000 people have been affected by the 
fighting in the Darfur region of Sudan; 
Whereas the government of Sudan sponsored a terrorist 
group called Janjaweed that has been brutally murdering 
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and raping women and girls while capturing them for the 
sex slave trade and human trafficking; 
Whereas the terrorist group Janjaweed has also been brutally 
murdering men and boys and capturing boys for slavery 
and to become child soldiers; 
Whereas, because the government of Sudan has denied hu-
manitarian groups access to refugee camps, the humani-
tarian groups cannot provide assistance to displaced indi-
viduals; 
Whereas the African Union has established a peacekeeping 
mission to monitor the situation in Darfur: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives (the Senate concurring) that— 
(A) Joey Cheek is a great American who 
espouses the principles of democracy and sup-
port for human rights; 
(B) Joey Cheek represents the best that 
the United States has to offer in its citizenry 
through his accomplishments on the ice as an 
athlete and through his principles and respect 
for human life; 
(2) the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring)— 
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(A) recognizes the difficulties the displaced 
and orphaned children of the Darfur region of 
Sudan encounter and supports the actions of 
Joey Cheek in bringing their suffering to the 
attention of the international community; 
(B) encourages all people in the world to 
help bring an end to suffering and to work in 
partnership with nongovernmental organizations 
to bring about this goal; and 
(C) recognizes the need to work with inter-
national partners to help bring an end to the 
ongoing genocide in Darfur region of Sudan 
and the suffering of children in Chad. 
Æ 
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