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107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 313


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2002

      Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the crash of Transporte 
    Aereo Militar Ecuatoriano (TAME) Flight 120 on January 28, 2002.

Whereas Transporte Aereo Militar Ecuatoriano (TAME) Flight 120 was en route from 
        Quito, Ecuador, to Tulcan, Ecuador, when it crashed in the Andes 
        mountains in Colombia on January 28, 2002;
Whereas the crash tragically killed an estimated 92 people;
Whereas the United States has strong cultural and historic ties to Ecuador and 
        Colombia;
Whereas the people of Ecuador and Colombia have already suffered greatly as a 
        result of the crash in the same region of another Ecuadorian aircraft on 
        January 17, 2002, which killed 26 people;
Whereas the civil aviation departments of Ecuador and Colombia are working in 
        concert to facilitate the recovery and identification of the passengers 
        and crew members of TAME Flight 120; and
Whereas professional emergency personnel from Ecuador and Colombia valiantly 
        overcame treacherous terrain and inclement weather to reach the site of 
        the crash and perform emergency services: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) sends its heartfelt condolences to the families, 
        friends, and loved ones of the victims of the crash of 
        Transporte Aereo Militar Ecuatoriano (TAME) Flight 120 on 
        January 28, 2002; and
            (2) commends the professional emergency personnel from 
        Ecuador and Colombia who responded to the tragic crash of TAME 
        Flight 120 with courage, determination, and skill.
    Sec. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit an 
enrolled copy of this resolution to the President of Ecuador and to the 
President of Colombia.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 12, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

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