Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr.

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., was a staunch opponent of the communist regime in Hungary;

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., immediately joined the United States Army as soon as he was eligible;

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., volunteered repeatedly to deploy to Vietnam, but was ineligible because he only had a green card;

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., was a recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star as well as the National Defense, Vietnam Service, and Vietnam Campaign medals;

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., died in combat waiting for his citizenship to be officially conferred; and

Whereas Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr., laid down his life on behalf of a Nation he loved and of which he greatly desired to be a citizen: Now, therefore, be it