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7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R22-0071.01 Owen Colling x4338 |
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8 | 8 | | HJR22-1015 |
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9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1015 |
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12 | 12 | | ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF A PORTION OF COLORADO STATE101 |
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14 | 14 | | IGHWAY 115 AS THE "CW3 SCOTT A. M. OSWELL MEMORIAL102 |
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16 | 16 | | IGHWAY".103 |
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17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Scott Alan Muir (A. M.) Oswell was born on August1 |
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18 | 18 | | 18, 1973, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; and2 |
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19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Scott A. M. Oswell attended Air Academy High3 |
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20 | 20 | | School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and graduated in 1991; and4 |
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21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Scott A. M. Oswell initially joined the5 |
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22 | 22 | | United States Marine Corps in 1990 at the age of 17 with his parents'6 |
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23 | 23 | | consent and was initially assigned to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot,7 |
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24 | 24 | | San Diego, California; and8 |
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28 | 25 | | HOUSE |
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29 | 26 | | Final Reading |
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30 | 27 | | March 11, 2022 |
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31 | 28 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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32 | 29 | | Carver and Ortiz, Amabile, Bacon, Baisley, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld, |
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33 | 30 | | Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Duran, Esgar, Exum, Froelich, |
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34 | 31 | | Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hanks, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, |
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35 | 32 | | Kipp, Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan, |
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36 | 33 | | Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Pelton, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sandridge, |
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37 | 34 | | Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber, Van Winkle, |
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38 | 35 | | Weissman, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young |
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39 | 36 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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40 | | - | Hisey and Lee, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Coram, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, |
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41 | | - | Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, |
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42 | | - | Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood, |
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43 | | - | Sonnenberg, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger |
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44 | 38 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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45 | 39 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute. |
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46 | 40 | | Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. WHEREAS, After seven years, Sergeant Scott A. M. Oswell was1 |
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47 | 41 | | honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 1997 to2 |
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48 | 42 | | enjoy private life and family; and3 |
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49 | 43 | | WHEREAS, Specialist 4 (Spec4) Scott A. M. Oswell enlisted into4 |
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50 | 44 | | the United States Army in 1998 and was assigned to Fort Carson,5 |
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51 | 45 | | Colorado; and6 |
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52 | 46 | | WHEREAS, Spec4 Scott A. M. Oswell was offered the7 |
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53 | 47 | | opportunity to become a helicopter pilot in 2006 and attended training at8 |
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54 | 48 | | Fort Rucker, Alabama; and9 |
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55 | 49 | | WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Scott A. M. Oswell10 |
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56 | 50 | | served at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and Fort Lewis, Washington, and11 |
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57 | 51 | | served two tours in Iraq; and12 |
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58 | 52 | | WHEREAS, Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) Scott A. M. Oswell13 |
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59 | 53 | | was deployed to Mosul, Iraq, in June 2007 and died on July 4, 2007, in a14 |
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60 | 54 | | helicopter crash; and15 |
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61 | 55 | | WHEREAS, CW3 Scott A. M. Oswell's military decorations16 |
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62 | 56 | | include the Bronze Star, the Air Medal (2 awards), the Army17 |
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63 | 57 | | Commendation Medals (3 awards) with "V" device for Valor, the Army18 |
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64 | 58 | | Achievement Medal (2 awards), the Navy Achievement Medal, the Army19 |
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65 | 59 | | Good Conduct Medal, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (220 |
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66 | 60 | | awards), the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism21 |
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67 | 61 | | Expeditionary Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,22 |
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68 | 62 | | and CW3 Scott A. M. Oswell was inducted into the prestigious Sergeant23 |
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69 | 63 | | Audie Murphy Club; and24 |
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70 | 64 | | WHEREAS, CW3 Scott A. M. Oswell was buried in July 2007 at25 |
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71 | 65 | | Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado; and26 |
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72 | 66 | | WHEREAS, It is only fitting that CW3 Scott A. M. Oswell's27 |
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73 | 67 | | bravery and his love of his country and his fellow man should be28 |
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74 | 68 | | recognized so that we may never forget his sacrifice to our great nation;29 |
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75 | 69 | | now, therefore,30 |
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76 | 70 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third31 |
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77 | 71 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:32 |
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78 | 72 | | (1) That the portion of Colorado State Highway 115 from Mile33 |
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79 | 73 | | 1015 |
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80 | 74 | | -2- Marker 42 to Mile Marker 43 be designated as the "CW3 Scott A. M.1 |
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81 | 75 | | Oswell Memorial Highway".2 |
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82 | 76 | | (2) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept3 |
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83 | 77 | | and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of the initial4 |
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84 | 78 | | placement of signs to mark Colorado State Highway 115 from Mile5 |
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85 | 79 | | Marker 42 to Mile Marker 43 as the "CW3 Scott A. M. Oswell Memorial6 |
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86 | 80 | | Highway".7 |
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87 | 81 | | (3) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore8 |
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88 | 82 | | a cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for El9 |
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89 | 83 | | Paso County for the maintenance of the signs marking the "CW3 Scott A.10 |
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90 | 84 | | M. Oswell Memorial Highway".11 |
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91 | 85 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent12 |
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92 | 86 | | to the parents of CW3 Scott A. M. Oswell, Nancy and Barry S. Oswell,13 |
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93 | 87 | | Lt Col, USAF (Ret), of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and his wife Cheri14 |
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94 | 88 | | and three children, Amanda, Caitlyn, and Ian, of Lacey, Washington; the15 |
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95 | 89 | | City Council of Colorado Springs; the Mayor of Colorado Springs, John16 |
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96 | 90 | | Suthers; the Board of County Commissioners of El Paso County;17 |
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97 | 91 | | Chairman of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, Stan18 |
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98 | 92 | | VanderWerf; the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of19 |
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99 | 93 | | Transportation; and the Colorado Transportation Commission.20 |
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