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107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 304

  Expressing sympathy to the people of the Democratic Republic of the 
 Congo who were tragically affected by the eruption of the Nyiragongo 
 volcano on January 17, 2002, and supporting an increase in the amount 
   of assistance provided by the United States to the people of the 
                   Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2002

 Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Lee, and Mr. Payne) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing sympathy to the people of the Democratic Republic of the 
 Congo who were tragically affected by the eruption of the Nyiragongo 
 volcano on January 17, 2002, and supporting an increase in the amount 
   of assistance provided by the United States to the people of the 
                   Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Whereas before dawn on January 17, 2002, the Nyiragongo volcano, which stands 
        11,380 feet high and is located 6 miles north of the city of Goma in the 
        Democratic Republic of the Congo, began to erupt without warning;
Whereas relief workers are still unable to accurately estimate the number of 
        people killed as a result of the recent Nyiragongo eruption;
Whereas the recent Nyiragongo eruption is the most destructive volcanic eruption 
        to occur in Africa during the last 25 years;
Whereas the lava flow from the recent Nyiragongo eruption was a mile wide in 
        places and destroyed the cathedral and water plant of Goma and countless 
        villages and buildings;
Whereas dangers from fires, toxic fumes, reoccurring tremors, and natural 
        methane gas under Lake Kiru continue to plague the Goma region of the 
        Democratic Republic of the Congo;
Whereas the recent Nyiragongo eruption destroyed crops and contaminated the main 
        water supply, which could trigger a cholera epidemic;
Whereas the suddenness of the recent Nyiragongo eruption resulted in the 
        separation of many children from their parents;
Whereas the United States has already committed to send supplies worth $224,000 
        to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo affected by the 
        recent Nyiragongo eruption; and
Whereas the Governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Belgium have 
        also offered assistance to the people of the Democratic Republic of the 
        Congo: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) expresses its deepest sympathies and condolences to the 
        people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were 
        tragically affected by the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano 
        on January 17, 2002; and
            (2) supports a substantial increase in the amount of 
        assistance provided by the United States to the people of the 
        Democratic Republic of the Congo to aid in the rebuilding of 
        their villages and their lives in the aftermath of the recent 
        Nyiragongo eruption.
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