PRINTER'S NO. 2842

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 461 Session of 2003

        INTRODUCED BY GABIG, PHILLIPS, GEIST, DeWEESE, GEORGE, SANTONI,
           CRUZ, GRUITZA, LEH, CREIGHTON, CAPPELLI, FICHTER, FABRIZIO,
           ALLEN, DONATUCCI, R. STEVENSON, PALLONE, HERSHEY, DENLINGER,
           KELLER, B. SMITH, NAILOR, DeLUCA, THOMAS, BROWNE, BASTIAN,
           GOOD, LESCOVITZ, SCAVELLO, GOODMAN, TIGUE, FLEAGLE, MAJOR,
           CORRIGAN, SEMMEL, HARHAI, PISTELLA, DALEY, BARRAR, BEBKO-
           JONES, COLEMAN, SCHRODER, LEDERER, MARKOSEK, JAMES, WILT,
           HUTCHINSON AND BALDWIN, OCTOBER 27, 2003

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           OCTOBER 27, 2003

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Urging the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative
     2     stamp honoring the men who lost their lives in the
     3     peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984.

     4     WHEREAS, This year marks the 20th anniversary of the bombing
     5  of the Marine barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983; and
     6     WHEREAS, The Marines killed in the Beirut bombing were some
     7  of the first victims of the terrorism which Americans have
     8  suffered in the past 20 years; and
     9     WHEREAS, The Beirut bombing affected Marines from nearly
    10  every state in the Union who served in Beirut to restore peace
    11  in a war-torn nation; and
    12     WHEREAS, Congressman Walter B. Jones of North Carolina has
    13  introduced House Resolution 45 which urges the United States
    14  Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp honoring the men
    15  who lost their lives in the peacekeeping mission in Beirut,

     1  Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984; therefore be it
     2     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
     3  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the United States Postal
     4  Service to issue a commemorative stamp honoring the men who lost
     5  their lives in the peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon, from
     6  1982 to 1984; and be it further
     7     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the
     8  United States Postal Service and to the members of Congress from
     9  Pennsylvania; and be it further
    10     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
    11  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge our Congressmen to add their
    12  names as cosponsors of Congressman Jones' resolution.












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