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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-0789.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR25-1012 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1012 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING THE FIFTY-SEVENTH 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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| 29 | 23 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 30 | 24 | | Martinez and Luck, Carter, Armagost, Bacon, Barron, Boesenecker, Bottoms, Bradfield, |
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| 31 | 25 | | Bradley, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia |
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| 32 | 26 | | Sander, Gilchrist, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Hartsook, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder, |
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| 33 | 27 | | Lukens, Mabrey, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Pugliese, Richardson, Ricks, |
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| 34 | 28 | | Rydin, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, |
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| 35 | | - | Weinberg, Winter T., Woodrow, Woog, Bird, Brooks, DeGraaf, English, Lindsay, Lindstedt, |
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| 36 | | - | Phillips, Rutinel, Sirota, Suckla, Willford |
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| 29 | + | Weinberg, Winter T., Woodrow, Woog |
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| 38 | | - | Pelton R. and Hinrichsen, Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, |
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| 39 | | - | Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Daugherty, Exum, Gonzales J., Jaquez Lewis, Jodeh, Kipp, |
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| 40 | | - | Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Pelton B., Rich, Roberts, |
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| 41 | | - | Rodriguez, Simpson, Snyder, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 31 | + | Pelton R. and Hinrichsen, |
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| 42 | 32 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 43 | 33 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 44 | 34 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, According to United States naval authorities and the1 |
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| 45 | 35 | | crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international waters at the time2 |
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| 46 | 36 | | of the attack; and3 |
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| 47 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Navy Fireman Duane Hodges of the U.S.S. Pueblo4 |
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| 48 | 38 | | was killed during the attack, and 80 crew members and two civilian5 |
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| 49 | 39 | | oceanographers were captured and held for 11 months by the North6 |
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| 50 | 40 | | Korean government; and7 |
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| 51 | 41 | | WHEREAS, This year marks the fifty-seventh anniversary of8 |
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| 52 | 42 | | North Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and9 |
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| 53 | 43 | | WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the10 |
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| 54 | 44 | | United States Navy but continues to be held by the North Korean11 |
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| 55 | 45 | | government and is currently in a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea;12 |
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| 56 | 46 | | now, therefore,13 |
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| 57 | 47 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth14 |
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| 58 | 48 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:15 |
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| 59 | 49 | | (1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize the16 |
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| 60 | 50 | | bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo;17 |
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| 61 | 51 | | (2) That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo bears the18 |
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| 62 | 52 | | name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, therefore, the citizens of19 |
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| 63 | 53 | | Colorado should be aware of the incident that occurred with the U.S.S.20 |
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| 64 | 54 | | Pueblo 57 years ago;21 |
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| 65 | 55 | | (3) That we continue the call for Kim Jong Un and the North22 |
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| 66 | 56 | | Korean government to return the U.S.S. Pueblo to the people of the23 |
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| 67 | 57 | | United States; and24 |
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| 68 | 58 | | (4) That we designate January 23 of each year as "U.S.S. Pueblo25 |
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| 69 | 59 | | Day", a day to remember and honor the brave crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo.26 |
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| 70 | 60 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent27 |
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| 71 | 61 | | to President Donald J.Trump; Governor Jared Polis; and the members of28 |
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| 72 | 62 | | Colorado's Congressional delegation.29 |
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