Expressing support for the designation of September 25, 2020, as "Disabled American Veterans Day" to honor the 100th anniversary of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) for its service to the Nation's service-disabled veterans, their families, and survivors.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1152 Expressing support for the designation of September 25, 2020, as ‘‘Disabled American Veterans Day’’ to honor the 100th anniversary of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) for its service to the Nation’s service-disabled veterans, their families, and survivors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. DUNN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. LAMB, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BOST, and Mrs. LURIA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of September 25, 2020, as ‘‘Disabled American Veterans Day’’ to honor the 100th anniversary of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) for its service to the Nation’s service-disabled veterans, their families, and survivors. Whereas Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was founded by World War I veterans on September 25, 1920, and was chartered by an Act of Congress on June 17, 1932; Whereas, in 2020, DAV celebrates 100 years of serving vet- erans of the Armed Forces, their families, survivors, and communities; VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:26 Sep 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1152.IH HR1152 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 1152 IH Whereas DAV is dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dig- nity; Whereas DAV accomplishes this by ensuring veterans and their families have access to the full range of benefits available to them, by fighting for the interests of Amer- ica’s injured heroes, and by educating the public about the needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life; Whereas DAV provides free, professional assistance to vet- erans and their families in obtaining benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other agencies; Whereas DAV also provides outreach concerning its programs and services to the American people generally, and to dis- abled veterans and their families specifically; Whereas DAV represents the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses, and their orphans before the Federal Government, as well as State and local governments; Whereas DAV has fought tirelessly for equal access to critical Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver benefits and services for severely disabled veterans of all generations, resulting in legislation to expand eligibility to those in- jured prior to September 11, 2001, as part of the VA MISSION Act; and Whereas DAV co-presents the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic and National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament; has organized the nationwide DAV Transportation Network to provide free transportation for veterans to VA medical appointments; operates an ac- tive Charitable Service Trust funding the needs of local VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:26 Sep 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1152.IH HR1152 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 1152 IH providers assisting at-risk local veterans; has built an ac- tive volunteer corps offering thousands of hours of service to our veterans and communities; offers veterans, transitioning military members, and spouses access to employers through its nationwide job fair program; pro- vides emergency assistance to veterans in need through the DAV Disaster Relief Program; and operates the Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program to contribute to the lives of young Americans: Now, there- fore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Disabled 2 American Veterans Day’’; and 3 (2) acknowledges that Disabled American Vet- 4 erans chapters across our country demonstrate their 5 unending commitment to ill and injured veterans of 6 all generations and conflicts and is proud to honor 7 the members of the Disabled American Veterans. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:26 Sep 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR1152.IH HR1152 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS