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7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R22-0827.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331 |
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8 | 8 | | HJR22-1013 |
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9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1013 |
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11 | 11 | | C |
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12 | 12 | | ONCERNING THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPTURE OF101 |
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13 | 13 | | THE U.S.S. PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA.102 |
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14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was originally launched as a1 |
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15 | 15 | | United States Army cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to the United2 |
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16 | 16 | | States Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Pueblo in 1966; and3 |
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17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was named for the city of Pueblo,4 |
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18 | 18 | | Colorado, and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was the third ship in5 |
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19 | 19 | | the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo; and6 |
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20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, After leaving Japan in early January 1968 on an7 |
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21 | 21 | | intelligence mission, the U.S.S. Pueblo was attacked by the North Korean8 |
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22 | 22 | | military on January 23, 1968; and9 |
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26 | 23 | | HOUSE |
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27 | 24 | | Final Reading |
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28 | 25 | | February 4, 2022 |
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29 | 26 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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30 | 27 | | Esgar and Luck, Amabile, Bacon, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, |
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31 | 28 | | Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Exum, Froelich, Garnett, Geitner, |
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32 | 29 | | Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hanks, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp, Larson, |
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33 | 30 | | Lindsay, Lontine, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, |
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34 | 31 | | Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pelton, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sandridge, Sirota, |
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35 | 32 | | Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber, Van Winkle, |
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36 | 33 | | Weissman, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young |
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37 | 34 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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38 | | - | Garcia and Simpson, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Coram, Donovan, Fenberg, |
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39 | | - | Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, |
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40 | | - | Lee, Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Smallwood, |
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41 | | - | Sonnenberg, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger |
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42 | 36 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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43 | 37 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute. |
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44 | 38 | | Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. WHEREAS, According to United States naval authorities and the1 |
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45 | 39 | | crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international waters at the time2 |
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46 | 40 | | of the attack; and3 |
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47 | 41 | | WHEREAS, One crew member of the U.S.S. Pueblo was killed4 |
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48 | 42 | | during the attack, and eighty crew members and two civilian5 |
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49 | 43 | | oceanographers were captured and held for eleven months by the North6 |
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50 | 44 | | Korean government; and7 |
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51 | 45 | | WHEREAS, This year marks the fifty-fourth anniversary of North8 |
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52 | 46 | | Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and9 |
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53 | 47 | | WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the10 |
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54 | 48 | | United States Navy but continues to be held by the North Korean11 |
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55 | 49 | | government and is currently a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea; now,12 |
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56 | 50 | | therefore,13 |
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57 | 51 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third14 |
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58 | 52 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:15 |
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59 | 53 | | (1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize the16 |
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60 | 54 | | bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo;17 |
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61 | 55 | | (2) That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo bears the18 |
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62 | 56 | | name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, therefore, the citizens of19 |
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63 | 57 | | Colorado should be aware of the incident that occurred with the U.S.S.20 |
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64 | 58 | | Pueblo fifty-four years ago;21 |
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65 | 59 | | (3) That we continue the call for Kim Jong Un and the North22 |
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66 | 60 | | Korean government to return the U.S.S. Pueblo to the people of the23 |
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67 | 61 | | United States; and24 |
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68 | 62 | | (4) That we hereby designate January 23 of each year as "U.S.S.25 |
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69 | 63 | | Pueblo Day", a day to remember and honor the brave crew of the U.S.S.26 |
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70 | 64 | | Pueblo.27 |
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71 | 65 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent28 |
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72 | 66 | | to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Governor Jared Polis; President Pro29 |
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73 | 67 | | Tempore of the United States Senate Patrick Leahy; Speaker of the30 |
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74 | 68 | | United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; and the members31 |
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75 | 69 | | of Colorado's Congressional delegation.32 |
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