IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1197 
Expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2020, as a national 
day of remembrance of the tragic 1983 terrorist bombing of the United 
States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2020 
Mr. PENCE
(for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. CISNEROS, and Mr. 
CARBAJAL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2020, 
as a national day of remembrance of the tragic 1983 
terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps 
barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 
Whereas the United States deployed members of the Armed 
Forces to Lebanon in 1982 as part of a multinational 
peacekeeping force; 
Whereas, at 6:22 a.m. local time on October 23, 1983, a 
truck packed with explosives detonated outside of a build-
ing at Beirut International Airport that served as quar-
ters for several hundred members of the United States 
Armed Forces deployed as part of the peacekeeping force; 
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•HRES 1197 IH 
Whereas 241 members of the Armed Forces lost their life in 
the blast; 
Whereas the attack killed 220 marines, members of the 1st 
Battalion, 8th Marines Battalion Landing Team; 
Whereas October 23, 1983, was the deadliest day for the Ma-
rine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in February 
1945 during World War II; 
Whereas in addition to the Marine Corps casualties, 18 Navy 
sailors and 3 Army soldiers were killed, and more than 
100 other members of the Armed Forces were injured; 
Whereas members of the Armed Forces from 39 States and 
Puerto Rico died while serving in Beirut, Lebanon, from 
1982 to 1984; 
Whereas on the same day as the bombing of the Marine 
Corps barracks, another suicide bomber killed 58 French 
paratroopers housed at another building in Beirut; 
Whereas this terrorist attack on October 23, 1983, followed 
a separate tragic suicide bombing on April 18, 1983, that 
killed 63 people, including 17 Americans, and injured 
120 others in front of the United States Embassy in Bei-
rut; and 
Whereas it is fitting and proper that the events of October 
23, 1983, and the members of the United States Armed 
Forces who died in Beirut on that day are recognized and 
commemorated through the establishment of a national 
day of remembrance on October 23: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a national day 
of remembrance for members of the United States 
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Armed Forces who were killed or injured by the ter-
rorist attack on the United States Marine Corps 
barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983; 
(2) honors the Gold Star Families who lost 
their loved ones more than three decades ago; 
(3) remembers the faith and loyalty of the sol-
diers, sailors, and marines who laid down their lives 
to protect our freedoms; and all veterans who have 
so nobly worn the uniform of our Armed Forces; and 
(4) encourages the people of the United States 
to honor the fallen by supporting and participating 
in appropriate ceremonies, programs, and other ac-
tivities in observance of such a national day of re-
membrance. 
Æ 
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