IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1181 
Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of Burma for the grave 
loss of life and vast destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2008 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. TOWNS, 
Mr. HOLT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. OLVER, Mr. KING 
of New York, Mr. PITTS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BERMAN, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Mr. SOUDER) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of 
Burma for the grave loss of life and vast destruction 
caused by Cyclone Nargis. 
Whereas on the night of May 2, 2008, through the morning 
of May 3, 2008, Cyclone Nargis, the first tropical cyclone 
to make landfall on Burma since Cyclone Mala in 2006, 
struck the coast of Burma; 
Whereas Cyclone Nargis caused more destruction in Burma 
than the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004; 
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•HRES 1181 IH 
Whereas Cyclone Nargis has caused the death of tens of 
thousands of people, displaced hundreds of thousands, 
and is anticipated to affect over a million people; 
Whereas Cyclone Nargis has caused significant damage to 
Burma’s rice crop, likely worsening the global food crisis 
and affecting the supply of rice in Burma and worldwide; 
Whereas on May 7, 2008, news media reported that the 
death toll, as accounted by a United States envoy, could 
reach over 100,000; 
Whereas tens of thousands of people remain missing in the 
storm’s wake; 
Whereas Cyclone Nargis has devastated major parts of 
Burma, including extensive damage to Burma’s largest 
city of Rangoon and throughout the Irrawaddy Delta re-
gion, Bago (Pegu) division, Karen State, and Mon State; 
Whereas initially 5 regions in Burma were declared disaster 
zones; 
Whereas 2 Irrawaddy Division townships, Kyait Lat and 
Latputda, were almost completely destroyed, leaving sev-
eral hundred thousand people without homes or shelters; 
Whereas fallen trees, demolished homes, downed power and 
telephone lines, and debris have blocked roads and 
blanketed the affected area; 
Whereas hundreds of thousands of people are in dire need of 
emergency shelter and clean drinking water; 
Whereas Burma’s military regime did little to warn the peo-
ple and is not providing adequate humanitarian assist-
ance to address basic needs and prevent further loss of 
life; 
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•HRES 1181 IH 
Whereas despite the devastation, the military regime has an-
nounced plans to go ahead with its May 10, 2008, ref-
erendum on a sham constitution, delaying voting only in 
portions of the affected Irrawaddy region and Rangoon; 
Whereas the military regime has failed to provide life-pro-
tecting and life-sustaining services to its people; 
Whereas more than 30 disaster assessment teams from 18 
different Nations and the United Nations have been de-
nied permission to enter Burma by the junta; 
Whereas the United States, through its Government, the 
Burma-American community, and its people as a whole, 
has already extended significant support to the people of 
Burma during this difficult time, including a $250,000 
emergency contribution authorized by the United States 
Embassy in Burma to be released immediately, and 
$3,000,000 in additional aid relief announced on May 6, 
2008, by the White House; and 
Whereas a United States Agency for International Develop-
ment disaster response team is positioned in neighboring 
Thailand: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) extends its condolences and sympathy to the 
people of Burma for the grave loss of life and vast 
destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis; 
(2) vows its full support of and solidarity with 
the people of Burma; 
(3) calls on Americans to provide immediate 
emergency assistance to cyclone victims in Burma 
through humanitarian agencies; 
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•HRES 1181 IH 
(4) expresses confidence that the people of 
Burma will succeed in overcoming the hardships in-
curred because of this tragedy; 
(5) calls for the Burmese military junta to con-
sider the well-being of its people and accept broad 
international assistance; and 
(6) demands that the referendum to entrench 
military rule be called off, allowing all resources to 
be focused on disaster relief to ease the pain and 
suffering of the Burmese people. 
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