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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R23-0830.01 Jessica Chapman x4636 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR23-1013 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-1013 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING THE RECOGNITION AND REMEMBRANCE OF MILITARY101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | VETERANS IN COLORADO WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR.102 |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, United States military involvement in the Vietnam1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | War began in South Vietnam in 1964 and continued throughout the2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | region until 1975, involving North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | guerrilla forces in armed conflict with United States Armed Forces and4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Army of the Republic of Vietnam; and5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, During this period, more than 2.7 million American6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | soldiers, both volunteers and draftees, served tours of duty in Vietnam,7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | with a total of more than 9 million active duty military personnel, in what8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | was an extremely long, difficult, and complex war; and9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, More than 58,220 members of the United States10 |
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| 27 | 24 | | HOUSE |
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| 28 | 25 | | Final Reading |
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| 29 | 26 | | February 10, 2023 |
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| 30 | 27 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 31 | 28 | | Armagost and Marshall, Amabile, Bacon, Bird, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, Bottoms, |
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| 32 | 29 | | Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Catlin, Daugherty, DeGraaf, deGruy Kennedy, Dickson, Duran, |
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| 33 | 30 | | English, Evans, Frizell, Froelich, Garcia, Hamrick, Hartsook, Holtorf, Jodeh, Joseph, Kipp, |
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| 34 | 31 | | Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Luck, Lukens, Lynch, Mabrey, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, |
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| 35 | 32 | | McCormick, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Pugliese, Ricks, Sharbini, Sirota, |
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| 36 | 33 | | Snyder, Soper, Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Wilson, |
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| 37 | 34 | | Woodrow, Young |
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| 38 | 35 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 39 | | - | Sullivan and Rich, Baisley, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Exum, |
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| 40 | | - | Fenberg, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, |
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| 41 | | - | Kolker, Lundeen, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Roberts, |
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| 42 | | - | Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F., Zenzinger |
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| 36 | + | Sullivan and Rich, |
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| 43 | 37 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 44 | 38 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 45 | 39 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Armed Forces, including 623 Coloradans, lost their lives in the Vietnam1 |
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| 46 | 40 | | War, and more than 300,000 members of the United States Armed Forces2 |
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| 47 | 41 | | were wounded; and3 |
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| 48 | 42 | | WHEREAS, In addition, more than 1,500 members of the United4 |
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| 49 | 43 | | States Armed Forces listed as prisoners of war (POWs) or missing in5 |
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| 50 | 44 | | action in the Vietnam War remain unaccounted for, including 246 |
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| 51 | 45 | | Coloradans; and7 |
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| 52 | 46 | | WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Department of Veterans8 |
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| 53 | 47 | | Affairs, more than 6 million veterans of the United States Armed Forces9 |
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| 54 | 48 | | who served during the Vietnam era are still alive today, including, as of10 |
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| 55 | 49 | | 2020, more than 117,000 Coloradans; and11 |
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| 56 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Formal acknowledgment of Vietnam War veterans12 |
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| 57 | 51 | | is as important now as ever, not only for those veterans who served but13 |
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| 58 | 52 | | for all citizens; bipartisan legislation signed in 2017 permanently14 |
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| 59 | 53 | | enshrines March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day; and15 |
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| 60 | 54 | | WHEREAS, April 30, 2023, marks the 48th anniversary of the end16 |
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| 61 | 55 | | of the Vietnam War; now, therefore,17 |
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| 62 | 56 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the18 |
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| 63 | 57 | | Seventy-fourth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate19 |
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| 64 | 58 | | concurring herein:20 |
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| 65 | 59 | | That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, hereby:21 |
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| 66 | 60 | | (1) Honor the service and sacrifices of Colorado military veterans22 |
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| 67 | 61 | | who served in the Vietnam War alongside South Vietnamese soldiers;23 |
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| 68 | 62 | | (2) Recognize the challenges faced by many of these veterans,24 |
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| 69 | 63 | | both while serving in the Vietnam War and upon returning home;25 |
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| 70 | 64 | | (3) Express our appreciation for the fortitude of Colorado26 |
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| 71 | 65 | | veterans; their activism on behalf of fellow veterans; their patriotism;27 |
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| 72 | 66 | | their accomplishments and contributions; and the leadership they have28 |
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| 73 | 67 | | shown their families, community organizations, and the state; and29 |
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| 74 | 68 | | (4) Encourage all Coloradans to remember the sacrifices made by30 |
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| 75 | 69 | | Vietnam War veterans.31 |
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| 76 | 70 | | 1013 |
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| 77 | 71 | | -2- Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent1 |
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| 78 | 72 | | to the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; the United2 |
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| 79 | 73 | | Veterans Coalition of Colorado; Project Sanctuary; the President of the3 |
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| 80 | 74 | | United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; the honorable Jared Polis, Governor4 |
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| 81 | 75 | | of Colorado; and the Colorado Congressional delegation.5 |
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| 82 | 76 | | 1013 |
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| 83 | 77 | | -3- |
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