Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
LLS NO. R22-0827.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331
HJR22-1013
House Committees Senate Committees
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1013
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ONCERNING THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPTURE OF101
THE U.S.S. PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA.102
WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was originally launched as a1
United States Army cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to the United2
States Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Pueblo in 1966; and3
WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was named for the city of Pueblo,4
Colorado, and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was the third ship in5
the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo; and6
WHEREAS, After leaving Japan in early January 1968 on an7
intelligence mission, the U.S.S. Pueblo was attacked by the North Korean8
military on January 23, 1968; and9
HOUSE
Final Reading
February 4, 2022
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Esgar and Luck, Amabile, Bacon, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker,
Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Exum, Froelich, Garnett, Geitner,
Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hanks, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp, Larson,
Lindsay, Lontine, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet,
Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pelton, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sandridge, Sirota,
Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber, Van Winkle,
Weissman, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Garcia and Simpson,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. WHEREAS, According to United States naval authorities and the1
crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international waters at the time2
of the attack; and3
WHEREAS, One crew member of the U.S.S. Pueblo was killed4
during the attack, and eighty crew members and two civilian5
oceanographers were captured and held for eleven months by the North6
Korean government; and7
WHEREAS, This year marks the fifty-fourth anniversary of North8
Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and9
WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the10
United States Navy but continues to be held by the North Korean11
government and is currently a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea; now,12
therefore,13
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third14
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:15
(1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize the16
bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo;17
(2) That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo bears the18
name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, therefore, the citizens of19
Colorado should be aware of the incident that occurred with the U.S.S.20
Pueblo fifty-four years ago;21
(3) That we continue the call for Kim Jong Un and the North22
Korean government to return the U.S.S. Pueblo to the people of the23
United States; and24
(4) That we hereby designate January 23 of each year as "U.S.S.25
Pueblo Day", a day to remember and honor the brave crew of the U.S.S.26
Pueblo.27
Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent28
to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Governor Jared Polis; President Pro29
Tempore of the United States Senate Patrick Leahy; Speaker of the30
United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; and the members31
of Colorado's Congressional delegation.32
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