Full Text of SR0546 100th General Assembly
SR0546 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0546 | | LRB100 12982 MST 27109 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Today, there are an estimated 21.7 million | 3 | | veterans living in the United
States, with the oldest having | 4 | | served in World War II; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Since the founding of the United States, there | 6 | | have been over
50 million Americans who have served in the | 7 | | United States military in some capacity; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Some soldiers never return home and may be | 9 | | classified as Prisoners of
War (POW), Missing in Action (MIA), | 10 | | or Died in Captivity (DIC); and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, There currently is an estimated 83,000 American | 12 | | service personnel still
considered MIA; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's (DPAA) | 14 | | mission is to recover
fallen Americans and provide the fullest | 15 | | possible accounting for missing personnel to
their families and | 16 | | the nation; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Many of those classified as POW, MIA, or DIC are | 18 | | never given a proper burial, and many are in unmarked graves | 19 | | across the world; and |
| | | SR0546 | - 2 - | LRB100 12982 MST 27109 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, The United States has always strived to ensure | 2 | | that every soldier will be
returned home and continues to | 3 | | search for and find fallen soldiers from wars that took
place | 4 | | decades ago; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, From 1991 to 1993, the United States Senate had a | 6 | | select committee on
POW/MIA affairs to ensure that the nation | 7 | | met its obligation to the missing and to the
families of those | 8 | | still listed as unaccounted; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After extensive research, the U.S. Senate Select | 10 | | Committee on POW/MIA
Affairs produced an over 1,000 page report | 11 | | detailing the efforts and challenges the
United States faces | 12 | | for recovery of those determined as POW, MIA, or DIC; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the priority | 16 | | of the United States to bring every fallen service member home; | 17 | | and be it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Congress to reestablish the select | 19 | | committee on POW/MIA
affairs to investigate issues relating to | 20 | | the process of recovering United States fallen
service members; | 21 | | and be it further
|
| | | SR0546 | - 3 - | LRB100 12982 MST 27109 r |
|
| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Majority | 3 | | Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck | 4 | | Schumer, U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, U.S. House of | 5 | | Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all members | 6 | | of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
|
|