IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 808 
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States 
Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2023 
Mr. PENCE (for himself, Mr. BOST, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. 
MILLER of Ohio, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Mr. WITTMAN) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, 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 
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack on 
the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Leb-
anon, on October 23, 1983. 
Whereas October 23, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of 
the 1983 United States Marine Corps barracks terrorist 
bombing attack in Beirut, Lebanon; 
Whereas the United States had deployed members of the 
Armed Forces to Lebanon in 1982 as part of a multi-
national peacekeeping force; 
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•HRES 808 IH 
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; 
Whereas 241 members of the Armed Forces lost their lives 
in the blast; 
Whereas the attack killed 220 marines, and members of the 
1st Battalion and 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 barracks in Beirut; 
Whereas this terrorist attack on October 23, 1983, was pre-
ceded by a separate tragic suicide bombing on April 18, 
1983, that killed 63 people, including 17 United States 
citizens, and injured 120 others in front of the United 
States Embassy in Beirut; 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 remembered: 
Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 808 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 40th anniversary of the ter-
rorist attack on the United States Marine Corps 
barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983; 
(2) 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; 
(3) honors the Gold Star Families who lost 
their loved ones more than 4 decades ago; and 
(4) reasserts its commitment to opposing vio-
lent extremism arrayed against United States inter-
ests and to providing the United States military with 
the resources and support to do so effectively and 
safely. 
Æ 
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