Title: Supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California, to bring the 2028 Summer Olympic Games back to the United States and pledging the cooperation of the House of Representatives with respect to that bid.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Advises the International Olympic Committee that the United States would welcome the holding of the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California, the site designated by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Expresses the hope that the United States will be selected as the site for the games. Pledges cooperation and support toward the successful fulfillment of those games.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 516 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 516

Supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California, to bring the 2028 Summer 
Olympic Games back to the United States and pledging the cooperation of 
         the House of Representatives with respect to that bid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2017

    Mr. Knight (for himself and Mr. Gomez) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California, to bring the 2028 Summer 
Olympic Games back to the United States and pledging the cooperation of 
         the House of Representatives with respect to that bid.

Whereas the International Olympic Committee will meet on September 13, 2017, in 
        Lima, Peru, to consider a site for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic 
        Games (in this preamble referred to as the ``Games'') in 2028;
Whereas the United States Olympic Committee has selected Los Angeles, 
        California, as the candidate of the United States for the 2028 Games;
Whereas the Games further the cause of world peace and understanding;
Whereas the country that hosts the Games performs an act of international 
        goodwill;
Whereas the Games have not been held in the United States since 1996;
Whereas many of the world-class venues to be used in Los Angeles' 2028 plan for 
        the Games are already built or are planned as permanent facilities; and
Whereas Los Angeles is positioned to deliver an innovative, fiscally 
        responsible, and sustainable Games: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) advises the International Olympic Committee that the 
        United States would welcome the holding of the 2028 Summer 
        Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California, the 
        site designated by the United States Olympic Committee;
            (2) expresses the sincere hope that the United States will 
        be selected as the site for the 2028 Summer Olympic and 
        Paralympic Games and pledges cooperation and support toward the 
        successful fulfillment of those Games in the highest sense of 
        the Olympic tradition; and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the United 
        States Olympic Committee and to the International Olympic 
        Committee.
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