IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1277 
Commending the efforts and honoring the work of the State of Israel, the 
Israel Defense Forces, and the Israeli people for their coordinated efforts 
to save lives and provide relief to the people of Haiti in the aftermath 
of the devastating earthquake that struck the island nation on January 
12, 2010. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2010 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ADERHOLT, Ms. 
CORRINE
BROWN
of Florida, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
MEEK of Florida, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. BERRY, Ms. 
BERKLEY, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. FILNER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. NAD-
LER of New York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. KILROY, Mr. 
SCHAUER, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
HONDA, Mrs. HALVORSON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. POLIS of Colo-
rado, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HALL of New York, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. QUIGLEY, 
Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HODES, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MELANCON, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
KISSELL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
KINGSTON, and Mr. BRALEY of Iowa) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the efforts and honoring the work of the State 
of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces, and the Israeli peo-
ple for their coordinated efforts to save lives and provide 
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•HRES 1277 IH 
relief to the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the 
devastating earthquake that struck the island nation on 
January 12, 2010. 
Whereas, on January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake 
struck the country of Haiti; 
Whereas the destruction of basic national infrastructure such 
as roads, hospitals, homes, and telephone lines made it 
extremely difficult to coordinate relief efforts in the after-
math of the earthquake; 
Whereas the State of Israel dispatched one of the first rapid 
response teams to arrive in Haiti and set up a fully func-
tioning field hospital, which opened its doors to patients 
just 6 hours after Israeli personnel and equipment landed 
in Haiti; 
Whereas the Israeli team of 250 doctors, nurses, and relief 
workers saved hundreds of lives by providing advanced 
medical care to earthquake victims; 
Whereas the Israeli field hospital contained several wards, in-
cluding an intensive care unit, a triage unit, an operating 
room and others; 
Whereas the Israeli field hospital in Haiti was recognized and 
lauded by international and American media for the pro-
fessional, high quality, and advanced coordination of care 
it provided earthquake victims; 
Whereas the Israeli field hospital kept an advanced tracking 
system of all the patients it treated through the use of 
bar code scanners and was able to reunite patients with 
their families; and 
Whereas 8 babies were born in the Israeli field hospital in 
Haiti: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 1277 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its deepest condolences and sym-
pathy for the horrific loss of life and the physical 
and psychological damage caused by the earthquake 
of January 12, 2010; 
(2) expresses solidarity with Haitians, Haitian- 
Americans, and all those who have lost loved ones or 
have otherwise been affected by the tragedy; and 
(3) commends and honors the efforts and gen-
erosity of the Israelis who worked on the ground in 
Haiti, the State of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces, 
and the Israeli people for their outstanding contribu-
tions to earthquake relief in Haiti. 
Æ 
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