IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 695 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2016 
Ms. LEE (for herself and Mr. CONYERS) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 
Whereas the Vietnam War began in 1964 and ended in 1973; 
Whereas more than 58,000 United States citizens were killed, 
approximately 10,786 were wounded, and 75,000 vet-
erans left seriously disabled; 
Whereas it is estimated that more than 1,500,000 people 
from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia died as a result of 
the war, and many more were wounded or displaced; 
Whereas thousands of people continue to suffer from the le-
thal effects of exposure to Agent Orange and unexploded 
ordnance; 
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Whereas the movement to end the Vietnam War was one of 
the largest and most prolonged efforts to achieve peace 
and justice in recent generations and was critical to 
bringing an end to the war; 
Whereas the movement to end the Vietnam War was broad 
and included students, professors, workers, draft resist-
ers, United States servicemembers and veterans, musi-
cians and artists, candidates for Congress and the Presi-
dency, and mobilized a majority in opposition to the Viet-
nam War; 
Whereas the movement generated the largest protests, mora-
torium actions, and mobilizations in United States his-
tory, including a strike of 4,000,000 students from across 
the Nation following the United States invasion of Cam-
bodia in 1970, multiple acts of protest and resistance on 
military bases and ships around the world, and the rise 
of Vietnam Veterans Against the War; 
Whereas United States expenditures on the Vietnam War im-
pacted domestic resources, including for President Lyn-
don B. Johnson’s War on Poverty; 
Whereas the 1970 blue-ribbon Scranton Report on campus 
unrest in the United States recognized the growing oppo-
sition to the Vietnam War by stating that, ‘‘The crisis on 
American campuses has no parallel in the history of this 
nation. This crisis has roots in divisions of American so-
ciety as deep as any since the Civil War. If this trend 
continues, if this crisis of understanding endures, the 
very survival of the nation will be threatened’’; 
Whereas Vietnam peace memorials have been erected at Kent 
State University in Ohio, the steps of Sproul Hall at the 
University of California, and the peace memorial adjacent 
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to the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California; 
and 
Whereas peace and reconciliation research programs were 
widely incorporated in high school and university class-
rooms after the Vietnam War era: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 
Vietnam War; 
(2) recognizes that the movement to end the 
Vietnam War was one of the largest and most pro-
longed efforts to achieve peace and justice in recent 
generations and was critical to bringing an end to 
the war; 
(3) acknowledges the role of those who partici-
pated in public protests, teach-ins, and opposition to 
the war, and the many people who supported polit-
ical candidates of both parties who sought to end the 
war; 
(4) applauds the establishment of educational 
programs at colleges and universities across the 
United States that are focused on conflict trans-
formation and peace building; and 
(5) urges continued efforts during this 50th an-
niversary period to reflect on the lessons learned 
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from the Vietnam War and to recommit to sustained 
diplomacy that prevents conflict. 
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