PRINTER'S NO. 3642

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 715 Session of 2008

        INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, BEAR, BEYER, BRENNAN, CAPPELLI, CAUSER,
           DENLINGER, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FLECK,
           FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH,
           GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARKINS, HENNESSEY,
           HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI,
           MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE,
           MOUL, MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL,
           PALLONE, PAYNE, PERRY, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAMALEY,
           RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, RUBLEY, SCAVELLO, SEIP,
           K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STERN, R. STEVENSON, THOMAS, TRUE,
           VEREB, VULAKOVICH, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND
           SWANGER, MAY 2, 2008

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
           PREPAREDNESS, MAY 2, 2008

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Memorializing Congress to enact H. Res. 111, which establishes a
     2     Select Committee on Prisoners of War (POW) and Missing in
     3     Action (MIA) Affairs.

     4     WHEREAS, It is essential to fully investigate unresolved
     5  cases involving military personnel who served in the Vietnam
     6  Conflict, Korean Conflict, World War II, Cold War and Gulf War
     7  and who are missing in action (MIA), otherwise unaccounted for
     8  or known to have been prisoners of war (POWs); and
     9     WHEREAS, H. Res. 111, currently under consideration in
    10  Congress, would establish a select committee to be known as the
    11  Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs; and
    12     WHEREAS, The select committee will conduct a full
    13  investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United

     1  States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam Conflict,
     2  Korean Conflict, World War II, Cold War and Gulf War; and
     3     WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the select committee be
     4  established to conduct this investigation; and
     5     WHEREAS, Many of these POWs and MIAs are citizens of this
     6  Commonwealth; therefore be it
     7     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize
     8  Congress to enact H. Res. 111 and establish a Select Committee
     9  on POW and MIA Affairs; and be it further
    10     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
    11  each member of Congress from Pennsylvania.













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