I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2779 
To recognize the Navy UDT–SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as 
the official national museum of Navy SEALS and their predecessors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2007 
Mr. MAHONEY of Florida (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. CASTOR, 
Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mrs. DRAKE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, and Mr. 
CALVERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To recognize the Navy UDT–SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, 
Florida, as the official national museum of Navy SEALS 
and their predecessors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION OF NAVY UDT–SEAL MUSEUM IN 
FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AS OFFICIAL NA-
TIONAL MUSEUM OF NAVY SEALS AND THEIR 
PREDECESSORS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States Navy SEALs are the 
most elite fighting force in the world and bravely 
serve in combat operations around the World. 
(2) The Navy SEALs trace their roots from the 
Navy Frogmen of World War II. 
(3) The location recognized as the birthplace of 
the Navy Frogmen, where thousands of brave volun-
teers were trained as members of Naval Combat 
Demolition 
Units 
and 
Underwater 
Demolition 
Teams during World War II, is now home to the 
Navy UDT–SEAL Museum. 
(4) The Navy UDT–SEAL Museum is the only 
museum dedicated solely to preserving the history of 
the Navy SEALs and its predecessors, including the 
Underwater Demolition Teams, Naval Combat Dem-
olition Units, Office of Strategic Services Maritime 
Units, and Amphibious Scouts and Raiders. 
(5) The Navy UDT–SEAL Museum preserves 
the legacy of the honor, courage, patriotism, and 
sacrifices of those Navy SEALs and their prede-
cessors who offered their services and who gave their 
lives in defense of liberty. 
(6) The Navy UDT–SEAL Museum finances, 
operations, and collections are managed by UDT– 
SEAL Museum Association, Inc., a nonprofit organi-
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zation governed by current and former SEALs and 
UDTs. 
(7) The Navy UDT–SEAL Museum seeks to 
educate a diverse group of audiences through its 
comprehensive collection of historical materials, em-
phasizing eyewitness accounts of the participants on 
the battlefield and the home front and the impact of 
Navy SEALs and their predecessors, then and now. 
(8) Since 1985, when the Navy UDT–SEAL 
Museum first opened, it has become home to arti-
facts and photos telling the history of Naval Special 
Warfare from the beginnings of Underwater Demoli-
tion training in Ft. Pierce, Florida, through the ex-
ploits of Navy Frogmen in the Atlantic and Pacific 
war theaters of World War II, through the role of 
Navy SEALs in fighting in the War on Terror and 
in Iraq. 
(9) The State of Florida, St. Lucie County, 
Florida, thousands of private donors, and philan-
thropic organizations have contributed millions of 
dollars to build, restore, and expand the Navy 
UDT–SEAL Museum. 
(10) The United States Navy and the United 
States Special Operations Command have provided 
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many of the historical materials and artifacts on dis-
play at the Navy UDT–SEAL Museum. 
(b) RECOGNITION
OF NATIONAL MUSEUM.—The 
Navy UDT–SEAL Museum, located at 3300 North A1A, 
North Hutchinson Island, in Fort Pierce, Florida, is rec-
ognized as the official national museum of Navy SEALs 
and their predecessors. 
Æ 
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