,,iv  #aad? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #cge  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,july #bc1 #bjae ,mr4 
,lip9ski 7= himself1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1    
,mr4 ,hultgr51 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 ,ms4     
,kelly ( ,ill9ois1 ,ms4 ,duckwor?1 ,mr4 
,fo/]1 ,mr4 ,%imkus1 ,mr4 ,k9z+] (      
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis (      
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mrs4 ,bu/os1 &
 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis ( ,ill9ois7        
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on               
,transportation & ,infra/ructure        
,,resolution  ,honor+ ! victims1        
survivors1 & ^? :o respond$ to ! ,ea/l& 
disa/] - a %ipwreck :i* result$ 9 !     
dea?s ( #hdd pass5g]s & crew - on its   
c5t5nial4  ,:]eas1 ,july #bd?1 #bjae1   
m>ks ! #ajj? anniv]s>y ( ! ,ea/l& s9k+ 9
 ! ,*icago ,riv]2 ,:]eas foll[+ ! s9k+ (
 ! ,titanic 9 #aiab1 ! ,la ,follette    
,seaman's ,act creat$ unte/$ new safety 
/&>ds :i* result$ 9 ! ,ea/l& c>ry+      
sev]al tons ( lifesav+ equipm5t m ?an x 
0 orig9ally design$ to h&le--all        

conc5trat$ on ! upp] decks ( ! %ip2     
,:]eas ,a4 ,a4 ,s*antz1 ! g5]al manag] (
 ! ,detroit  ,clevel& ,navigation       
,company1 w>n$ legislators 9 ,septemb] (
 #aiad t _m ,great ,lakes vessels _h    
extremely %all[ drafts & t additional   
weight on _! upp] decks c\ld cause !m to
 capsize2 ,:]eas1 on ,july #bd?1 #aiae1 
! ,ea/l& 0 "o ( #e vessels *>t]$ to c>ry
 ,we/]n ,electric work]s & _! families  
across ,lake ,mi*igan to _! annual      
picnic 9 ,wa%+ton ,p>k1 ,mi*igan ,city1 
,indiana2 ,:]eas mo/ ( ! families on    
bo>d ! ,ea/l& 7 ,european immigrants f  
,*icago & its we/]n suburbs includ+     
,cic]o & ,b]wyn1 ,,il1 & ?is day-long   
picnic repres5t$ ! only holiday _m ( !m 
w\ld be all[$2 ,:]eas ! crew haul$ 9 !  
gangplank at approximately #g3ah a4m41 &
 )9 #ae m9utes1 :ile /ill p>tially ti$  
to its dock1 ! %ip _h li/$ #de degrees  
to port & tipp$ ov]2 ,:]eas ! vessel    
roll$ ov] be=e any ( its lifesav+       
equipm5t c\ld be deploy$2 ,:]eas ! crews
 & capta9s ( ! ,k5o%a1 ,indiana1 ,!odore

 ,roosevelt1 ,petoskey1 ,c>rie ,ry]son1 
,rita ,mc,donald1 ,,cfd ,graeme ,/ew>t1 
sev]al small] boats1 & a ,u4,s4 ,coa/   
,gu>d p[] surfboat arriv$ at ! sc5e )9  
m9utes ( ! incid5t & sav$ hundr$s (     
lives2 ,:]eas ! ,ea/l& rescue mission 0 
! fir/ major rescue op]ation = ! mod]n  
,u4,s4 ,coa/ ,gu>d :i* _h be5 e/abli%$  
#f mon?s prior by ,presid5t ,wilson2    
,:]eas ,*icago police (fic]s1           
firefight]s1 & local volunte]s rescu$ _m
 /ill trapp$ 9 ! ,ea/l&1 organiz$ ef=ts 
to support survivors1 & work$ )         
pr(essional div]s 9 ! days foll[+ !     
disa/] to recov] & transport ! bodies ( 
! dead to tempor>y morgues2 ,:]eas m    
non-crew1 civilian pass5g]s dr[n$ on !  
,ea/l& ?an on ei!r ! ,titanic or !      
,lusitania2 ,:]eas #eij ( ! victims 7 "u
 ! age ( #be includ+ #bbh te5ag]s z well
 z #eh infants & *ildr52 ,:]eas ! trag$y
 completely wip$ out #bb entire families
 & left #ai families )\t p>5ts2 ,:]eas !
 ,we/]n ,electric ,company imm$iately   
made #ajj1jjj available z an em]g5cy    

relief fund2 ,:]eas ! ,am]ican ,r$      
,cross e/abli%$ sev]al relief /ations = 
survivors & rais$ ne>ly #djj1jjj f local
 bus9esses & citiz5s to provide f9ancial
 support to ^? :o _h lo/ family memb]s2 
,:]eas all v]dicts return$ 9 ! crim9al  
proce$+s 7 n guilty1 & :ile ! civil     
proce$+s w\ld c>ry on = ano!r #bj ye>s1 
! victims' families ultimately receiv$  
no monet>y aw>ds z damages2 & ,:]eas !  
,ea/l& 0 lat] re/or$ & recommission$ z !
 ,,uss ,wilmette--s]v+ z a ,navy tra9+  
gunboat f #aiah ?\gh #aidf3 ,n[ !re=e1  
be x  ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--    
7#a7 honors ! work+-class families (    
,ill9ois :o lo/ _! lives z a result ( ! 
,ea/l& disa/]2  7#b7 recognizes ! brave 
fir/ respond]s1 bo? volunte]s &         
pr(essionals1 = _! rapid response 9 _!  
community's "t ( ne$2  7#c7 commits to  
work+ to keep _! memory 9 ! national    
consci\sness2  7#d7 ackn[l$ges ! policy 
failure 9 respond+ to conc]ns ( ,great  
,lakes m>9]s :5 creat+ ! ,la,follette   
,seaman's ,act2 &  7#e7 reaffirms !     

importance ( intellig5t m>itime safety  
policy4