Expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2024, as a national day of remembrance of the tragic 1983 terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1551 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1551

   Expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2024, as a 
national day of remembrance of the tragic 1983 terrorist bombing of the 
        United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2024

   Mr. Pence (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and 
 in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2024, as a 
national day of remembrance of the tragic 1983 terrorist bombing of the 
        United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

Whereas the United States deployed members of the Armed Forces to Lebanon in 
        1982 as part of a multinational peacekeeping force;
Whereas, at 6:22 a.m. local time on October 23, 1983, a truck packed with 
        explosives detonated outside of a building at Beirut International 
        Airport that served as quarters for several hundred members of the 
        United States Armed Forces deployed as part of the peacekeeping force;
Whereas 241 members of the Armed Forces lost their lives in the blast;
Whereas the attack killed 220 marines, members of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines 
        Battalion Landing Team;
Whereas October 23, 1983, was the deadliest day for the Marine Corps since the 
        Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945 during World War II;
Whereas, in addition to the Marine Corps casualties, 18 Navy sailors and 3 Army 
        soldiers were killed, and more than 100 other members of the Armed 
        Forces were injured;
Whereas members of the Armed Forces from 39 States and Puerto Rico died while 
        serving in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984;
Whereas, on the same day as the bombing of the Marine Corps barracks, another 
        suicide bomber killed 58 French paratroopers housed at another barracks 
        in Beirut;
Whereas this terrorist attack on October 23, 1983, followed a separate tragic 
        suicide bombing, on April 18, 1983, that killed 63 people, including 17 
        Americans, and injured 120 others in front of the United States Embassy 
        in Beirut; and
Whereas it is fitting and proper that the events of October 23, 1983, and the 
        members of the United States Armed Forces who died in Beirut on that day 
        are recognized and commemorated through the establishment of a national 
        day of remembrance on October 23: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of a national day of 
        remembrance for members of the United States Armed Forces who 
        were killed or injured by the terrorist attack on the United 
        States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 
        1983;
            (2) honors the Gold Star Families who lost their loved ones 
        more than three decades ago;
            (3) remembers the faith and loyalty of the soldiers, 
        sailors, and marines who laid down their lives to protect our 
        freedoms; and all veterans who have so nobly worn the uniform 
        of our Armed Forces; and
            (4) encourages the people of the United States to honor the 
        fallen by supporting and participating in appropriate 
        ceremonies, programs, and other activities in observance of 
        such a national day of remembrance.
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