IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1066 
Recognizing the bravery and efforts of the United States Armed Forces, 
local first responders, and other members of Operation Unified Response 
for their swift and coordinated action in light of the devastation wrought 
upon the nation of Haiti after a horrific 7.0 magnitude earthquake 
struck Port-Au-Prince and surrounding cities on January 12, 2010. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2010 
Mr. MEEK of Florida (for himself, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCKEON, 
Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. COOPER, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MCINTYRE, 
Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
REYES, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. WA-
TERS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
KISSELL, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. NYE, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. BOREN, Mr. OWENS, Ms. TSON-
GAS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. MURPHY of New York, Mr. MASSA, and Mr. WITTMAN) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
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 
Recognizing the bravery and efforts of the United States 
Armed Forces, local first responders, and other members 
of Operation Unified Response for their swift and coordi-
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nated action in light of the devastation wrought upon 
the nation of Haiti after a horrific 7.0 magnitude earth-
quake struck Port-Au-Prince and surrounding cities on 
January 12, 2010. 
Whereas the recent crisis in Haiti was caused by a magnitude 
7.0 earthquake, the worst the nation has experienced in 
over two centuries; 
Whereas the disaster wrought by this earthquake has been 
catastrophic, destroying ports, infrastructure, hospitals, 
schools, homes, and businesses, making many roads im-
passable and incapacitating air travel, and severely ham-
pering the efforts of disaster relief organizations; 
Whereas one week after the earthquake hit, electricity was 
still down, running water was not available, and food 
supplies were quickly dwindling; 
Whereas the cities of Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel, Gonaı¨ves, 
Petionville, and surrounding areas have been devastated, 
affecting an estimated 3,000,000 Haitians; 
Whereas the United States Coast Guard was the first to rep-
resent the United States in Haiti after the catastrophic 
earthquake and was an integral part of the initial relief 
efforts; 
Whereas the ability of the Coast Guard to act quickly and ef-
ficiently set the foundation for the quickly escalating 
international response; 
Whereas within the first 10 days, 24 United States Navy and 
Coast Guard vessels, thousands of international United 
States Army Reserve rescue workers, over 14,000 mem-
bers of the United States Armed Forces, 71 United 
States helicopters, and 26 Department of Health and 
Human Services personnel arrived or were en route to 
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provide logistical support, secure aid distribution, and set 
up temporary housing; 
Whereas after just one week, Joint Task Force Haiti (JTF- 
Haiti) had established multiple forward operating bases 
throughout Haiti and immediately started passing out 
thousands of meals and bottled water; 
Whereas in just one day, JTF-Haiti was able to deliver 
396,808 water bottles, 238,585 meals, and 4,900 lbs. of 
medical supplies to Haitian survivors; 
Whereas 
the 
United 
States 
Southern 
Command 
(SOUTHCOM) and the United States Coast Guard have 
managed the safe arrival and departure of military and 
humanitarian flights at Port-Au-Prince Airport; 
Whereas within the first 10 days, more than 11,000 United 
States citizens were evacuated; 
Whereas the USNS Comfort hospital ship arrived in less than 
a week providing 600 medical personnel and the ability 
to treat more than a 1,000 patients; 
Whereas the USNS Comfort has already treated 1,427 pa-
tients from 10 different hospital sites; 
Whereas within the first two weeks, Department of Defense 
personnel 
distributed 
1,820,463 
bottles 
of 
water, 
1,465,569 meals, and 57,083 lbs. of medical equipment; 
Whereas these operations delivered life sustaining food, 
water, and medical supply packages to Haiti’s displaced; 
Whereas during coordinated relief efforts by the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
members of the United States Armed Forces, including 
members of the Army Reserves, the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of De-
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fense, the Department of State, and the United Nations, 
personnel and equipment to manage 8 hospitals were de-
livered to provide crucial emergency medical services, and 
6 field hospitals were set up, resulting in thousands of 
lives saved; 
Whereas the first responders teams that readily responded to 
the call for assistance for the Haitian people within the 
first 24 hours after the disaster include the Miami-Dade 
Search and Rescue Team of Miami-Dade County, Flor-
ida, Fairfax County Search and Rescue Team of Fairfax 
County, Virginia, U.S. Urban Search and Rescue Teams 
(US&R) of Los Angeles County, New York City Fire-
fighters, the BATAAN Amphibious Readiness Group 
(ARG)/Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the NAS-
SAU ARG/MEU; 
Whereas the coordinated relief efforts of the United States, 
international agencies, and the United Nations Stabiliza-
tion Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in the first week re-
sulted in 122 courageous rescues of Haitians trapped be-
neath rubble, including a 2-year-old girl who had been 
trapped for 6 days; 
Whereas during the ongoing relief efforts, USAID, members 
of the United States Armed Forces, including members 
of the Army Reserves, FEMA, the Department of De-
fense, the Department of State, and the United Nations 
coordinated teams that delivered 1,910 short tons of hu-
manitarian aid in the first week; and 
Whereas additionally, 954 Department of Defense, private, 
and commercial airlift sorties have been successfully con-
ducted: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) recognizes the efforts of the United States 
Armed Forces, local first responders, and other 
members of Operation Unified Response for their 
swift, compassionate, and courageous action to meet 
the needs of Haiti’s citizens and government and fa-
cilitate the evacuation, safety, and medical attention 
for United States citizens impacted by the earth-
quake in Haiti; 
(2) recognizes the remarkable response by the 
men and women in the United States Armed Forces 
for their ability to deploy such a sizeable force in 
such a short amount of time while also engaged in 
two separate conflicts; and 
(3) recognizes the dedication and sacrifice put 
forward by United States public servants to procure 
and deliver the enormous amounts of food, water, 
medical and hygienic supplies, and shelter and for 
their tireless effort to repair and rebuild critical in-
frastructure for the benefit of all Haitians. 
Æ 
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