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.

Bill: 115-hres-516
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2017-09-13
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: California

Disability and paralysis

International organizations and cooperation

Olympic games
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 516 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 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

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.