Celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and the friendship between the United States and Canada.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1464 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1464

Celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and the 
            friendship between the United States and Canada.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2026

Mr. Thanedar submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and the 
            friendship between the United States and Canada.

Whereas the idea for a new Detroit-Windsor crossing first emerged in the early 
        2000s due to an increase in demand for trade and managing traffic 
        control;
Whereas, from 2005 to 2008, there were coordinated environmental studies that 
        were conducted under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and the 
        United States National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.) to determine the preferred bridge location, ports of entry, and 
        highway connections;
Whereas, in 2012, the Canada Crossing Agreement was signed, allowing Canada to 
        finance and construct the bridge while Michigan would provide land and 
        infrastructure support;
Whereas, in 2015, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Governor of Michigan 
        announced that the bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, 
        Michigan, will be named the Gordie Howe International Bridge to 
        commemorate the famous hockey player, Gordie Howe, who throughout his 
        career brought the Detroit Red Wings to 4 Stanley Cup victories;
Whereas, in 2018, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority and Bridging North 
        America officials were joined by United States and Canadian officials to 
        celebrate the start of full construction of the Gordie Howe 
        International Bridge;
Whereas the bridge's construction was accomplished due to the perseverance of 
        the American and Canadian people;
Whereas the bridge is heralded as a symbol but also a fact of cooperation 
        between the United States and Canada;
Whereas the Detroit metropolitan area will see increased commerce and freight 
        efficiency through direct highway connections between Canadian and 
        United States highways, reducing delays and increasing capacity for 
        freight movement and economic development;
Whereas communities, including small businesses, within the Detroit metropolitan 
        area will stand to benefit through the strengthening of industries and 
        the project's community benefit initiatives providing direct investments 
        throughout the district;
Whereas the economic boom expected to accompany the opening of the bridge will 
        benefit both the United States and Canada; and
Whereas the world-class industries in the Detroit metropolitan area have the 
        potential to experience once-in-a-century levels of economic growth that 
        will culminate in higher wage-paying jobs and greater development for 
        future decades: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) celebrates the opening of the Gordie Howe International 
        Bridge;
            (2) recognizes the economic opportunities afforded to the 
        Detroit metropolitan area by the opening of the Gordie Howe 
        International Bridge; and
            (3) honors the accomplishment of the American and Canadian 
        people to complete this symbol of the continued partnership and 
        long-standing friendship between the United States and Canada.
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