IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 314 
Commending and supporting the United States delegation and the United 
States Deaf Sports Federation in their representation of the United 
States at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2013 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. YODER, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
LEWIS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. LOEBSACK) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Commending and supporting the United States delegation 
and the United States Deaf Sports Federation in their 
representation of the United States at the 2013 Summer 
Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. 
Whereas from July 26, 2013, through August 4, 2013, Sofia, 
Bulgaria, will host the 2013 Summer Deaflympics; 
Whereas the Deaflympics are the world’s second oldest mul-
tiple sports games after the Olympics; 
Whereas the Summer Deaflympics have been held every 4 
years since 1924 and the Winter Deaflympics since 1949; 
Whereas the International Olympic Committee (IOC) offi-
cially recognizes the International Committee of Sports 
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for the Deaf (ICSD) as the sole organization responsible 
for the administration of all sporting events involving the 
deaf and hard of hearing; 
Whereas USADSF is recognized by the International Com-
mittee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) as the sole national 
association of deaf sports in the United States; 
Whereas USADSF’s mission is to support the United States 
team athletes in achieving excellence in athletics and pre-
serving the ideals of the Deaflympics by fostering growth 
of identity and inspiring goodwill for all deaf and hard 
of hearing United States citizens; 
Whereas USADSF was established in 1945 and represents 
over 100,000 deaf and hard of hearing athletes in the 
United States in nearly 1,500 individual member organi-
zations through national sports organizations, fosters and 
regulates uniform rules of competition and provides social 
outlets for deaf athletes and their friends, serves as a 
parent organization of national deaf sports organizations, 
conducts annual deaf sports athletic competitions, and 
assists in the participation of United States teams in 
international competition; 
Whereas USADSF is run by volunteers who give of their 
time, talent, and resources for the love of the games and 
the athletes; 
Whereas over 180 deaf and hard of hearing athletes and 
coaches will train and travel to Sofia, Bulgaria, to rep-
resent the United States in competition of 11 sports, in-
cluding 
men’s 
and 
women’s 
basketball, 
women’s 
volleyball, women’s soccer, men’s team handball, men’s 
and women’s track, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s 
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and women’s bowling, men’s and women’s tennis, wres-
tling, taekwondo, and men’s and women’s cycling; and 
Whereas USADSF has brought great pride and honor to the 
United States in international athletic competition: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the United States Deaf Sports 
Federation for its efforts in sending athletes, coach-
es, and support staff to the 2013 Summer 
Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria; 
(2) congratulates all the athletes, coaches, and 
support staff of the United States team on earning 
a place to represent the United States at the 2013 
Summer Deaflympics; and 
(3) wishes the United States delegation great 
success at the 2013 Summer Deaflympic Games. 
Æ 
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