IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 994 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary 
of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 
11, 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and 
Mr. HOEKSTRA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on International Relations, Armed Services, Transportation and In-
frastructure, Homeland Security, the Judiciary, and Select Intelligence 
(Permanent Select), 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 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on 
the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched 
against the United States on September 11, 2001. 
Whereas on the morning of September 11, 2001, while Amer-
icans were attending to their daily routines, terrorists hi-
jacked four civilian aircraft, crashing two of them into 
the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City 
and a third into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C.; 
Whereas the heroic actions of the passengers and crew 
aboard United Flight 93 prevented it from being used as 
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a weapon against America and ultimately led the terror-
ists to crash the aircraft into a rural field in Shanksville, 
Pennsylvania, killing all those aboard; 
Whereas nearly 3,000 innocent people were murdered in 
these attacks; 
Whereas the terrorist attacks were an act of war by al-Qaeda, 
its leadership and affiliates against the United States and 
the many peaceful, democratic nations of the world; 
Whereas by targeting symbols of American strength and 
prosperity, the attacks were intended to assail the prin-
ciples, values and freedoms of the American people and 
to intimidate the Nation and its allies; 
Whereas when the gravest moments came that day, first re-
sponders and many ordinary citizens, relying on courage, 
instinct, and concern for their fellow man, rushed toward 
the flaming buildings in order to rescue the victims of the 
attacks; 
Whereas in the days subsequent to the brutal attacks on the 
Nation, the Government vowed never to be caught off 
guard again, to take the fight to the terrorists, and to 
take immediate measures to prepare and protect the Na-
tion against a new type of faceless, inhuman, and amor-
phous enemy committed to the death and destruction of 
the American way of life; 
Whereas Congress passed, and the President signed, numer-
ous laws to assist victims, combat the forces of terrorism, 
protect the Homeland and support the members of the 
Armed Forces who defend American interests at home 
and abroad, including the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 
and its 2006 reauthorization, the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry 
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Reform Act of 2002, the Maritime Transportation Secu-
rity Act of 2002, and the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004; 
Whereas the House of Representatives in the 109th Congress 
passed the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal 
Immigration Control Act of 2005, the SAFE Port Act of 
2006, and the 21st Century Emergency Communications 
Act of 2006; 
Whereas terrorist attacks that have occurred since September 
11, 2001, in Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Spain, the 
United Kingdom and elsewhere, remind all Americans of 
the brutal intentions of the terrorists and the ever- 
present threat they pose to the principles of freedom; 
Whereas British authorities, in cooperation with United 
States and Pakistani officials, recently disrupted an air-
line terror plot to commit mass murder by blowing up ci-
vilian aircraft bound for the United States; 
Whereas Federal agencies, including those within the Intel-
ligence Community, the Department of Justice, and the 
Department of Homeland Security, worked effectively 
with American allies to investigate and disrupt the airline 
terror plot and to implement appropriate security proce-
dures in response to the plot; 
Whereas United States law enforcement and intelligence 
agencies and allies of the United States around the world 
have worked together to detect and disrupt terrorist net-
works and numerous terror plots since September 11, 
2001, including a plan to attack targets on the west 
coast of the United States using hijacked aircraft in 
2002, a plan to attack targets on the east coast of the 
United States using hijacked civilian aircraft in 2003, a 
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plan to blow up apartment buildings in the United States 
in 2002, a plan to attack urban targets in the United 
Kingdom using explosives in 2004, a plan to attack West-
erners in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2003, a plan to attack 
Heathrow Airport using hijacked aircraft in 2003, a plan 
to conduct large-scale bombings in the United Kingdom 
in 2004, a plan to attack ships in the Arabian Gulf in 
2002, a plan to attack ships in the Straits of Hormuz in 
2002, a plan to attack a United States tourist site out-
side the United States in 2003, a plan to attack Queen 
Alia Airport in Jordan in 2006, a plan to attack high- 
profile buildings in Ontario, Canada, in 2006, and a plan 
to attack an El Al aircraft in 2006; 
Whereas the Nation is indebted to the brave military, intel-
ligence, and law enforcement personnel serving in Af-
ghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere who are on the front lines 
of the global war on terrorism; 
Whereas the Nation is safer than it was on September 11, 
2001, but more must always be done because the ter-
rorist threat is latently entrenched, nimble, resourceful, 
and dedicated to the murder of Americans and the de-
struction of freedom; and 
Whereas the passage of five years has not diminished the 
pain caused by the senseless loss of nearly 3,000 persons 
killed on September 11, 2001: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the House of Representatives— 
(1) continues to recognize September 11 as a 
day to remember and mourn those who lost their 
lives that fateful day; 
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(2) encourages Americans to make September 
11 a day of national service; 
(3) extends its deepest sympathies to the 
spouses, children, mothers, fathers, and other loved 
ones of the victims of September 11, 2001; 
(4) honors the heroic actions of first respond-
ers, law enforcement personnel, State and local offi-
cials, volunteers, and others who aided the innocent 
victims and bravely risked their own lives and health 
following the September 11, 2001 attacks; 
(5) extends its deepest gratitude to military, in-
telligence and law enforcement personnel serving 
both at home and abroad in the global war on ter-
rorism and for the sacrifices of their families and 
loved ones; 
(6) expresses its gratitude to all foreign nations 
and their citizens who have assisted and continue to 
assist the United States in the global war on ter-
rorism; 
(7) vows that it will remain vigilant in efforts 
to provide the Federal Government with all the tools 
necessary to fight and win the global war on ter-
rorism; and 
(8) reaffirms that the American people will 
never forget the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and 
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the loss of innocent lives that day, will continue to 
fight the war on terrorism in their memory, and will 
never succumb to the cause of the terrorists. 
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