,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #dc  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,september #ag 7legislative day1        
,september #af71 #bjad ,ms4 ,klobuchar  
7for herself and ,ms4 ,murkowski7       
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,expressing  
support for designation of a ,national  
,lao-,hmong ,recognition ,day4  ,whereas
 the ,lao-,hmong1 which means free      
people1 are ,laotian members of the     
,hmong tribe and are noted for their    
warrior tradition1 loyalty1 and bravery2
 ,whereas beginning in #aifj1 the       
,united ,states recruited thousands of  
the ,lao-,hmong to fight against the    
,communist ,pathet ,lao and ,north      
,vietnamese ,army regulars in ,laos2    
,whereas the ,united ,states relied     
heavily on the ,lao-,hmong ,special     
,guerrilla ,units to engage in direct   
combat with ,north ,vietnamese troops   

from #aifj to #aige2 ,whereas the       
,lao-,hmong conducted tactical guerrilla
 actions1 flew thousands of deadly      
combat missions in support of the ,armed
 ,forces and the ,central ,intelligence 
,agency1 and fought in conventional and 
guerrilla combat clashes with extreme   
casualties2 ,whereas the ,lao-,hmong1   
although outnumbered1 fought against    
enemy forces to disrupt the flow of     
troops and war supplies along the ,ho   
,chi ,minh ,trail2 ,whereas the         
,lao-,hmong protected ,united ,states   
personnel1 guarded ,united ,states ,air 
,force radar installations1 gathered    
critical intelligence about enemy       
operations1 and undertook rescue        
missions to save the lives of downed    
,american pilots2 ,whereas more than    
#ce1jjj of the ,lao-,hmong lost their   
lives1 and many more were seriously     
injured and disabled2 ,whereas thousands
 of ,lao-,hmong suffered grievous       
injuries and permanent disabilities1 and
 thousands more were captured and sent  

to concentration camps2 ,whereas after  
the conclusion of the war1 many         
,lao-,hmong soldiers were the victims of
 acts of retribution and atrocities by  
the ,pathet ,lao1 causing many of the   
,lao-,hmong to flee to neighboring      
,thailand and become refugees2 and      
,whereas beginning with the ,city       
,council of ,golden1 ,colorado1 in      
#aiie1 various ,state and local         
governments have issued proclamations   
declaring ,july #bb as ,lao-,hmong      
,recognition ,day1 and the establishment
 of a ,national ,lao-,hmong ,recognition
 ,day would recognize the bravery1      
sacrifice1 and loyalty to the ,united   
,states exhibited by the ,lao-,hmong in 
,southeast ,asia3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that ,congress--  7#a7 expresses     
support for the designation of ,national
 ,lao-,hmong ,recognition ,day2 and     
7#b7 requests that the ,president issue 
a proclamation calling upon the people  
of the ,united ,states to observe       
,national ,lao-,hmong ,recognition ,day 

with appropriate ceremonies and         
activities4