,,iv  #aae? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #eg  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se   
,,( ,,repres5tatives  ,may #ah1         
#bjag,mr4 ,ross submitt$ ! foll[+       
concurr5t resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! 
,committee on ,=eign ,affairs           
,,concurr5t ,,resolution  ,express+ !   
s5se ( ,congress t a museum %\ld be     
e/abli%$ & op]at$ 9 ,wa%+ton1 ,,dc1 = ! 
purpose ( memorializ+ ! victims (       
communi/ regimes1 educat+ ,am]icans &   
=eign visitors ab\t ! ideology (        
communism & its hi/ory1 & enc\rag+      
visitors to meet ! *all5ges ( ! human   
rights abuses pres5t$ by communi/       
regimes today4  ,:]eas k ( communism is 
critical to und]/&+ & meet+ ! *all5ges (
 today & develop+ a vision = our future2
 ,:]eas ! recognition ( victims (       
communism is woefully lack+ &           
communism's hi/ory is misund]/ood 9 our 
,nation's culture2 ,:]eas ! ,victims (  
,communism ,memorial ,f\ndation int5ds  
to acquire und]utiliz$ ,f$]al prop]ty = 
! creation ( a museum t w--  7#a7 pr(ile

 ! lives ( ! victims ( communism ?r\gh\t
 hi/ory2  7#b7 explore ! exp]i5ces (    
individuals :o curr5tly live 9 nations  
rul$ by ,communi/ ,p>ties2  7#c7        
celebrate ! role ( dissid5ts :o /ood up 
to communism2  7#d7 educate visitors    
ab\t ! national1 e?nic1 & religi\s      
traditions t 7 suppress$ by communi/    
regimes2 &  7#e7 fo/] le>n+ at ! museum 
& ?r\gh\t ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas !     
museum w be support$ by num]\s e?nic &  
human rights' organizations & private   
individuals2 ,:]eas ?is ye> is !        
c5t5nial anniv]s>y ( ! #aiag ,bol%evik  
,revolution1 :i* w be commemorat$ by    
gov]nm5t in/itutions ) special projects 
& ev5ts all ov] ! _w2 ,:]eas ! p ( !    
,unit$ ,/ates d n h a compreh5sive &    
accurate picture ( communi/ hi/ory2     
,:]eas ! museum w\ld attract visitors   
across ! globe2 ,:]eas no ,f$]al        
appropriations are be+ s\ght to provide 
fund+ = ! design1 con/ruction1 or       
op]ation ( ! museum or = its exhibitions
 or compon5ts2 & ,:]eas ! museum w      

b5efit all p3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t x is !
 s5se ( ,congress--  7#a7 t ! pa/1      
pres5t1 & future atrocities committ$ by 
totalit>ian regimes "u ! bann] (        
communism %\ld be recogniz$ & condemn$2 
7#b7 t ! pa/1 pres5t1 & future          
contributions ( dissid5ts 9 ! fight     
aga9/ communi/ oppression %\ld be       
recogniz$ & celebrat$2 &  7#c7 t ,f$]al 
ag5cies & o!r ,f$]al in/itutions %\ld   
support ! e/abli%m5t ( a prospective    
museum to memorialize ! victims (       
communism by--  7,a7 provid+ op]ational 
support = ! acquisition ( und]utiliz$   
,f$]al prop]ty = ! museum 9 ,wa%+ton1   
,,dc2 &  7,b7 support+ ! museum & its   
objectives 9 all o!r respects4