Bill Text: OH HCR48 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To urge the Congress of the United States to
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-23 - To Veterans Affairs [HCR48 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HCR48-Introduced.html
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Representative Stinziano
Cosponsors:
Representatives Grossman, Adams, J., O'Brien, Phillips, Lundy, Scherer, Thompson, Smith, Duffey, Letson, Reece, Murray, Gerberry, Yuko
To urge the Congress of the United States to | 1 |
establish a Place of Remembrance at Arlington | 2 |
National Cemetery for the interment of cremated | 3 |
fragments of the remains of members of the Armed | 4 |
Forces. | 5 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, The Air Force has acknowledged dumping the | 6 |
incinerated partial remains of at least 274 members of the United | 7 |
States Armed Forces in a Virginia landfill between 2004 and 2008; | 8 |
and | 9 |
WHEREAS, The Air Force has confirmed that additional | 10 |
unidentified remains, fragments of which could not undergo DNA | 11 |
testing because they had been badly burned or damaged in | 12 |
explosions, were collected from battlefields and disposed of in | 13 |
the same manner; and | 14 |
WHEREAS, Disposal of the remains of our country's fallen | 15 |
troops in this manner does not represent an appropriate | 16 |
disposition of their remains; and | 17 |
WHEREAS, Members of the United States Armed Forces who have | 18 |
made the ultimate sacrifice deserve a dignified final resting | 19 |
place; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, The 112th Congress of the United States has under | 21 |
consideration H.R. 5735 to provide for the establishment of a | 22 |
Place of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery for the | 23 |
interment of cremated fragments of the remains of members of the | 24 |
Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and subsequent | 25 |
conflicts; now therefore be it | 26 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 27 |
of the State of Ohio, urge the Congress of the United States to | 28 |
establish a Place of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery as | 29 |
described in the last finding above; and be it further | 30 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 31 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 32 |
President of the United States, to the Speaker and Clerk of the | 33 |
United States House of Representatives, to the President Pro | 34 |
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the members | 35 |
of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and to the news media of | 36 |
Ohio. | 37 |