,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #adb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #bb1      
#bjai,mr4 ,steube 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4   
,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4 ,spano1 
,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 ,mr4 ,dunn1  
and ,mr4 ,bilirakis7 submitted the      
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,natural          
,resources  ,,resolution  ,recognizing  
the anniversary of the ,adams-,ons      
,treaty4  ,whereas ,spain claimed the   
lands that constitute present-day       
,florida in addition to the land        
stretching from its panhandle westward1 
across the southern portions of         
modern-day ,alabama and ,mississippi to 
the eastern banks of the ,mississippi   
,river2 ,whereas ,general ,andrew       
,jackson's invasion of ,florida during  
the ,first ,seminole ,war 7#ahag-ahah7  
spurred the ,spanish ,government1       
fearing the loss of its claim to the    
territory1 to the negotiating table2    

,whereas ,secretary of ,state ,john     
,quincy ,adams entered into negotiations
 with ,spanish diplomat ,don ,luis de   
,ons in #ahai2 ,whereas ,adams secured  
all of ,spanish ,florida1 finalizing the
 ,louisiana ,purchase2 ,whereas the     
treaty also set a new boundary running  
from the mouth of the ,sabine ,river on 
the ,gulf ,coast 7on the eastern border 
of modern-day ,texas7 northwestward     
along portions of the ,sabine1 ,red1 and
 ,arkansas ,rivers1 then westward on the
 #db;d parallel to the ,oregon coast1   
and was the first boundary to traverse  
the ,united ,states continent2 ,whereas 
the ,adams-,ons ,treaty also ushered in 
,congress's first ,member of ,hispanic  
descent2 ,joseph ,marion ,hernndez      
served as ,florida's first ,territorial 
,delegate during the #agth ,congress    
7#ahba-ahbc73 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that ,congress and the 
,president should acknowledge the great 
decision to acquire the ,florida        

territory and to acknowledge the great  
contributions the ,state of ,florida has
 given to the ,united ,states4