Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 49 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 49

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President
should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick
Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown,
Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of
the space shuttle Columbia.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 4, 2003

Mr. Green of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President
should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick
Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown,
Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of
the space shuttle Columbia.

Whereas Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David
Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon volunteered for and were chosen to
be the crew for mission STS-107 on space shuttle Columbia;
Whereas it is a brave and heroic act to volunteer and be selected for such a
mission;
Whereas the Columbia experienced a failure and was destroyed over the States of
Texas and Louisiana as it approached to land on February 1, 2003;
Whereas the crew members on Columbia risked their lives in space exploration for
the betterment of mankind; and
Whereas the selfless dedication and courage demonstrated by these astronauts
should be honored in the highest manner: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that
the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom
posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana
Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in
the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia.
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