,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,blumenthal introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
designate the ,special ,guerilla ,unit  
,national ,memorial at ,veterans        
,memorial ,park in ,middletown1         
,connecticut4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,special       
,guerilla ,unit ,national ,memorial     
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds    
that-- 7#a7 from #aifa to #aige1 the    
,special ,guerilla ,unit1 consisting of 
approximately #ej1jjj ,hmong soldiers1  
fought to defend ,united ,states        
interests and contain ,communist        
expansion in ,laos2  7#b7 approximately 
#ce1jjj members of the ,special         
,guerilla ,unit died during combat      
operations in ,laos2  7#c7 members of   
the ,special ,guerilla ,unit conducted  
numerous rescue missions to recover     

downed ,united ,states pilots2  7#d7    
thousands of veterans of the ,special   
,guerilla ,unit resettled with their    
families in the ,united ,states2 and    
7#e7 the veterans of the ,special       
,guerilla ,unit displayed peerless      
heroism during their operations in      
,laos4  #c4 ,designation of the ,special
 ,guerilla ,unit ,national ,memorial    
7a7 ,designation ,the memorial to the   
members of the ,special ,guerilla ,unit 
located at ,veterans ,memorial ,park in 
,middletown1 ,connecticut1 is designated
 as the ,special ,guerilla ,unit        
,national ,memorial4  7b7 ,effect of    
,designation  7#a7 ,in general ,the     
national memorial designated by         
subsection 7a7 is not a unit of the     
,national ,park ,system4  7#b7 ,federal 
funds ,the designation of the national  
memorial by subsection 7a7 shall not    
require or permit ,federal funds to be  
expended for any purpose related to the 
national memorial designated by that    
subsection4