H.Res. 800 is a symbolic resolution expressing the House of Representatives' condolences for Alexander Michel Odeh, a Palestinian-American peace activist and civil rights advocate who was killed in a pipe bomb attack on October 11, 1985, while serving as Southern California Regional Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Santa Ana, California. The resolution honors Odeh's legacy as an educator, published poet, and champion of civil liberties for Arab-Americans and acknowledges that his death was an act of domestic terrorism whose perpetrators remain unpunished. The measure extends sympathy to Odeh's surviving family members—his wife Norma and three daughters—and directs the House Clerk to communicate the resolution to the Senate and deliver a copy to his family. This resolution has no budgetary impact or programmatic requirements; it is a ceremonial expression of respect that concludes with the House adjourning as a mark of remembrance.
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