SJR 20-009 — U.S.S. Pueblo

SENATESecond JOINTRegular RESOLUTIONSession 20-009Seventy-second BYGeneral SENATOR(S)Assembly GarciaSTATE andOF Hisey,COLORADO Bridges,ENGROSSED Cooke,LLS Coram,NO. Crowder, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, Foote, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Holbert, Lee, Lundeen, Marble, Moreno, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Smallwood, Sonnenberg, Story, Tate, Todd, Williams A., Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger;

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CONCERNINGPUEBLO THEBY FIFTY-SECONDN ANNIVERSARYORTH OFK THEOREA CAPTURE. OF THE U.S.S.

PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA.

Pueblo was originally launched as a United States ArmyArmycargo cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to the United States Navy and renamed the U.S.S.

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,TheU.S.S.PueblowasnamedforthecityofPueblo, TheColorado, U.S.S.and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was the third ship in the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo;

Pueblo was named for the city of Pueblo, Colorado, and theWHEREAS, countyAfter ofPueblo,leaving Colorado,Japan andin wasearly theJanuary third1968 shipon inan theintelligencemission,theU.S.S.PueblowasattackedbytheNorthKorean navalmilitary fleeton toJanuary bear23, the1968; name Pueblo;

and WHEREAS,g After2 leavingE Japand in, earlyA Januarye 19687 onE anl intelligencemission,a theShading U.S.S.denotes HOUSE amendment.

PueblowasDouble attackedbytheNorthKoreanunderlining militarydenotes onSENATE Januaryamendment.S 23,i 1968;b Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existFnF statute.

andDashes WHEREAS,through Accordingthe towords Unitedindicate Statesdeletions navalfrom authoritiesexisting andstatute. the crew ofthe U.S.S.

Pueblo,WHEREAS, theAccording shiptoUnitedStatesnavalauthorities wasand inthe internationalwaterscrewoftheU.S.S.Pueblo,theshipwasininternationalwatersatthetime attheof timethe ofthe attack;

and WHEREAS, One crewmemberoftheU.S.S.crew member of the U.S.S.

PueblowaskilledduringPueblo was killed during the attack, and eighty crew members and two civilian oceanographers were captured and held for eleven months by the North Korean government;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Thisyearmarksthefifty-secondanniversaryofNorth This year marks the fifty-second anniversary of North Korea's attack on the U.S.S.

Pueblo is still in commission in the United States Navy but continues to be held by the North Korean governmentgovernmentandiscurrentlyamuseuminPyongyang,NorthKorea;now, andtherefore, isBe currentlyIt aResolved museumby inthe Pyongyang,Senate Northof Korea;the Seventy-second General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:

now,(1) therefore,Thatwe,themembersoftheGeneralAssembly,recognizethe Bebravery ItResolvedbyand thesacrifice Senateof ofthethe Seventy-secondGeneralAssemblycrew oftheof State ofColorado, the HouseU.S.S. ofRepresentativesconcurringherein:

(1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize the bravery and sacrifice ofthe crew ofthe U.S.S.

Pueblo bears the name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, therefore, the citizens of Colorado should be aware oftheof the incident that occurred with the U.S.S.

(3) That we continue the call for Kim Jong Un and the North Korean governmenttogovernment returntheto return the U.S.S.

PueblotoPueblo thepeopleto oftheUnitedthe people of the United States;

Pueblo Day", a day to remember and honor the brave crew oftheof the U.S.S.

BeBeItFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent ItFurtherto Resolved,President ThatDonald copiesJ. ofthis Joint Resolution be sentto PresidentDonald I.Trump, GovernorJaredPolis, PresidentPro Tempore PAGE 2-SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 20-009 ofthe United States Senate Chuck Grassley, Speaker ofthe United States House ofRepresentatives Nancy Pelosi, and the members of Colorado's Congressional delegation.

yM.Trump, Governor Jared Polis, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate Chuck Grassley, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and the members of Colorado's Congressional delegation.

KC-2- Becker009 PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cindi L.

Markwell Robin Jones SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK O THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES PAGE 3-SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 20-009