IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 423 
Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and racially motivated 
murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III in College Park, Maryland, on 
May 20, 2017, expressing concern for the rising tide of racist and 
hate-based activities being committed on our college campuses, and re-
affirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety in our higher 
education institutions in the wake of these attacks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2017 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. DELANEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. EVANS, Mr. AL GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HOYER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, 
Mr. 
JOHNSON
of 
Georgia, 
Mr. 
KHANNA, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 
RUSH, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Ms. BASS) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and ra-
cially motivated murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III 
in College Park, Maryland, on May 20, 2017, expressing 
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concern for the rising tide of racist and hate-based activi-
ties being committed on our college campuses, and re-
affirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety 
in our higher education institutions in the wake of these 
attacks. 
Whereas, on May 20, 2017, Lt. Collins was heinously stabbed 
in the chest in an unprovoked attack at a bus-stop on the 
campus of the University of Maryland, College Park; 
Whereas his alleged attacker, Sean Christopher Urbanski, 
had a known association with an Alt-Right White-su-
premacist group called ‘‘Alt Reich: Nation’’; 
Whereas the incident took the life of Richard W. Collins III, 
who was recently commissioned as an officer in the 
United States Army, intelligence branch; and was killed 
two days before he was set to graduate with a business 
degree from Bowie State University; 
Whereas the horrific attack on the campus of the University 
of Maryland is the latest in an escalating rise in racial 
and hate-motivated activities on college campuses tar-
geting Muslims, Jews, the disabled, immigrants, members 
of the LGBT community, and people of color; 
Whereas the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty 
Law Center have catalogued hate crimes in 33 States in 
recent months, including— 
(1) a noose was found on the campus of American 
University in Washington, DC, on the same day a Black 
woman became student body president; 
(2) posters at the University of Texas imploring stu-
dents to ‘‘report any and all illegal aliens. America is a 
White nation’’; 
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(3) Adolf Hitler themed valentine’s cards stating 
‘‘my love 4 u burns like 6,000 Jews’’ circulated at Cen-
tral Michigan University; 
(4) flyers at the University of Pennsylvania asking 
onlookers to ‘‘imagine a Muslim-free America’’; and 
(5) printers were hacked and were forced to print 
anti-Semitic fliers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, 
Tennessee; 
Whereas a growing number of White, nationalist, racist, 
homophobic, anti-Semitic organizations are engaged in an 
unprecedented effort to attract and recruit young people 
on college campuses; 
Whereas these extremist organizations have consciously made 
the decision to focus their outreach efforts on young peo-
ple and students, employed a variety of tactics including 
fliers, online organizing, and bringing national leaders to 
speak, and have openly boasted of efforts to establish a 
physical presence on campus; 
Whereas we have a responsibility to uphold the right to free 
speech that is protected by the United States Constitu-
tion, but we must not allow freedom of speech to be 
translated into hate-based activities and crimes; 
Whereas long-time White supremacist Jared Taylor described 
the political landscape, as ‘‘a sign of rising White con-
sciousness and that now is the time to press our advan-
tage in every way possible’’; 
Whereas we have avoided discussion regarding homegrown 
terrorists that are becoming radicalized on social media 
and college campuses; 
Whereas we must commit to do a better job at confronting 
hate in all forms, not just on college campuses, but ad-
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dressing these systematic issues in our neighborhoods, 
workplaces, and criminal justice system; and 
Whereas the United States House of Representatives must 
come together and address the underlying issues leading 
to these unacceptable and heinous actions: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the recent attack in Maryland, on 
May 20, 2017, that resulted in the tragic loss of Lt. 
Richard Collins III and all other hate-motivated inci-
dents since the fall; 
(2) acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the 
university officials at Maryland and across the coun-
try to respond to racism, extremism and hate, and 
create a safer campus for all members of the com-
munity; 
(3) recognizes the persistent and growing threat 
posed by hate speech, efforts by extremist organiza-
tions to specifically target young people, and the 
normalization of these practices through platitudes 
about free speech; and 
(4) remains actively committed to offering solu-
tions that promote open, tolerant, and safe learning 
environments that fully respect diversity on college 
campuses. 
Æ 
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