IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 757 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the anniversary 
of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 
11, 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 
Mr. HYDE (for himself and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Transportation and Infra-
structure, and the Judiciary, 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 concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on 
the anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against 
the United States on September 11, 2001. 
Whereas on September 11, 2001, while Americans were at-
tending to their daily routines, terrorists hijacked four ci-
vilian aircraft, crashing two of them into the towers of 
the World Trade Center in New York City, and a third 
into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., and a 
fourth was prevented from also being used as a weapon 
against America by brave passengers who placed their 
country above their own lives;
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Whereas three years later the country continues to, and shall 
forever, mourn the tragic loss of life at the hands of ter-
rorist attackers; 
Whereas by targeting symbols of American strength and suc-
cess, these attacks clearly were intended to assail the 
principles, values, and freedoms of the United States and 
the American people, intimidate the Nation, and weaken 
the national resolve; 
Whereas three years after September 11, 2001, the United 
States is fighting a Global War on Terrorism to protect 
America and her friends and allies; 
Whereas since the United States was attacked, it has led an 
international military coalition in the destruction of two 
terrorist regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq while using di-
plomacy and sanctions in cooperation with Great Britain 
and the international community to lead a third terrorist 
regime in Libya away from its weapons of mass destruc-
tion; 
Whereas the United States is reorganizing itself in order to 
more effectively wage the Global War on Terrorism by 
transforming the Department of Defense, sharpening the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterterrorism focus, 
strengthening the authority of the Director of Central In-
telligence to coordinate national intelligence activities, 
and creating a Department of Homeland Security; 
Whereas of the senior al-Qaida leaders, operational managers, 
and key facilitators that the United States Government 
has been tracking, nearly two-thirds of such individuals 
have been taken into custody or killed; 
Whereas just as significant, with the help of its allies, the 
United States has disrupted individuals and organiza-
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tions that facilitate terrorism—movers of money, people, 
messages, and supplies—who have acted as the glue 
binding the global al-Qaida network together; 
Whereas Pakistan has taken into custody more than 500 
members of al-Qaida and the Taliban regime, including 
Khalid Sheik Mohammed and Ramzi bin al Shibh, con-
spirators in the September 11, 2001, attacks, and 
Kahallad Ba’Attash, an individual involved in the plan-
ning of the attack on the USS COLE in 2000; 
Whereas Jordan continues its strong counterterrorism efforts, 
arresting two individuals with links to al-Qaida who ad-
mitted responsibility for the October 2002 murder in 
Amman, Jordan, of Lawrence Foley, a United States 
Agency for International Development Foreign Service 
Officer; 
Whereas in June 2002, Morocco took into custody al-Qaida 
operatives plotting to attack United States Navy ships 
and ships of other member nations of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization in the Strait of Gibraltar; 
Whereas the United States and its allies in Southeast Asia 
have made significant advances against the regional ter-
rorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah, which was respon-
sible for the attack in Bali, Indonesia, in October 2003 
that killed more than 200 people; 
Whereas Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and 
other countries in Southeast Asia have taken into custody 
leaders and operatives of local al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist 
organizations and members of al-Qaida traveling through 
such countries; 
Whereas the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, 
Spain, and other countries have disrupted cells of the al-
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Qaida terrorist organization and are vigorously pursuing 
other leads relating to terrorist activity; 
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 
United States Government initiated innovative programs, 
such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Ter-
rorism program and the Container Security Initiative, to 
extend our borders overseas and to secure and screen 
cargo before it is placed on ships destined for United 
States ports of entry; 
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security implemented 
the US-VISIT border security screening system in De-
cember 2003 at all air and sea ports of entry, requiring 
that nonimmigrant visa holders entering the United 
States be fingerprinted and screened through various 
criminal and terrorist databases before entry into the 
United States, and this system will be expanded to land 
ports of entry in accordance with congressional deadlines; 
Whereas since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has 
conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 
13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, 
interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter 
the United States illegally, and created and maintained 
more than 90 Maritime Security Zones; 
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 
Terrorist Threat Integration Center was established, 
which now fuses, for the first time in United States his-
tory, terrorist-related information, foreign and domestic, 
available to the United States Government for systematic 
analysis and dissemination to prevent or disrupt terrorist 
attacks on the United States;
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Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 
Terrorist Screening Center, a multi-agency partnership, 
was established to integrate the dozens of separate ter-
rorist databases that existed before September 11th into 
a single terrorist watch list for use by Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement, intelligence, and border security 
personnel; 
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 
United States Government has ensured the hardening of 
cockpit doors on airplanes and greatly expanded the use 
of armed Federal air marshals to prevent and deter fu-
ture hijackings that could turn commercial planes into 
weapons of mass destruction; 
Whereas having recognized the need to prevent terrorist orga-
nizations from using their resources, the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation has worked closely with the Department 
of the Treasury to target 62 terrorist organizations and 
freeze $125,000,000 in assets of such organizations 
worldwide used to fund terrorist activities; 
Whereas to date United States Armed Forces and Coalition 
forces have killed or captured 43 of the 55 most wanted 
criminals of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, includ-
ing Saddam Hussein himself; 
Whereas the al-Zarqawi terror network used Baghdad as a 
base of operations to coordinate the movement of people, 
money, and supplies; and 
Whereas thousands of families have lost loved ones in the de-
fense of freedom and liberty against the tyranny of ter-
ror: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) extends again its deepest sympathies to the 
thousands of innocent victims of the September 11, 
2001, terrorist attacks, their families, friends, and 
loved ones; 
(2) honors the heroic actions and the sacrifices 
of United States military and civilian personnel and 
their families who have sacrificed much, including 
their lives and health, in defense of their country in 
the Global War on Terrorism; 
(3) honors the heroic actions of first respond-
ers, law enforcement personnel, State and local offi-
cials, volunteers, and others who aided the innocent 
victims and, in so doing, bravely risked their own 
lives and long-term health; 
(4) expresses thanks and gratitude to the for-
eign leaders and citizens of all nations who have as-
sisted and continue to stand in solidarity with the 
United States against terrorism in the aftermath of 
the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; 
(5) discourages, in the strongest possible terms, 
any effort to confuse the Global War on Terrorism 
with a war on any people or any faith; 
(6) reaffirms its commitment to the Global War 
on Terrorism and to providing the United States