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118th CONGRESS2d Session

H. RES. 1226

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 14, 2024

Mr. Guest (for himself, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Norman, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Kildee, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Kim of California, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Meuser, Ms. De La Cruz, Ms. Salazar, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Strong, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Harris, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Van Drew, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Carl, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Steil, Mr. Costa, Mr. McCormick, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Guthrie, Ms. Titus, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Mace, Mr. Rose, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Banks, Mr. Kiley, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Westerman, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Williams of New York, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Mills, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. McHenry) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

RESOLUTION

Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

Whereas Federal, State, local, and Tribal police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers across the United States serve with valor, dignity, and integrity;Whereas law enforcement officers are charged with—(1)pursuing justice for all individuals; and(2)performing the duties of a law enforcement officer with fidelity to the constitutional and civil rights of the public the officers serve;Whereas law enforcement officers swear an oath to uphold the public trust even though, through the performance of the duties of a law enforcement officer, the officers may become targets for senseless acts of violence;Whereas, in 1962, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signed Public Law 87–726 (36 U.S.C. 136) (referred to in this preamble as the Joint Resolution), which authorizes the President to proclaim May 15 of every year as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of the Federal, State, and local officers who have been killed, disabled, or otherwise injured in the line of duty;Whereas the Joint Resolution also authorizes the President to designate the week in which Peace Officers Memorial Day falls as National Police Week;Whereas the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, dedicated on October 15, 1991, is the national monument to honor those law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty; andWhereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2024, honors the 282 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and whose stories were recovered during 2023, including—(1)Michael Salvatore Abbate;(2)Trevor Aron Abney;(3)Ralph Gerald Akeman;(4)William Anthony, Jr.;(5)Anthony B. Ashe;(6)Kolby Lee Baber;(7)James Ray Bailey;(8)Gerald T. Barbato, Sr.;(9)Joseph Lee Barlow;(10)Michael E. Barnes;(11)Chanda D. Barnes;(12)Terrance Nicholas Bateman;(13)Patrick Charles Bauer;(14)Julian Gonzalo Becerra;(15)Raymond Alexander Birdsong;(16)Patrick Joseph Black;(17)Tucker Carmichael Blakely;(18)William Donald Boettger, Sr.;(19)David Walter Bosecker;(20)Frederick Charles Bowens, Jr.;(21)William Patrick Brautigam, Jr.;(22)Emily Ann Breidenbach;(23)Mark N. Bressack;(24)Lawrence J. Bromm;(25)Russell Minor Brown;(26)George A. Brown;(27)Tyee Michael Browne;(28)John Burdette;(29)Shawn Allan Burnell;(30)Robert M. Burney;(31)Charles Lee Burns;(32)Darnell Andrew Calhoun;(33)Eric Calleja;(34)Ray Audrey Campbell;(35)Pedro Antonio Candia;(36)Scotty Wayne Canezaro;(37)Joseph Edward Carey, Sr.;(38)Jim Ray Carlton;(39)Steven Alton Carnes;(40)Laverne Harrison Carr;(41)Gonzalo Carrasco Duenas;(42)Richard Carrero Mendez;(43)Robert Charles Castioni, Jr.;(44)John Centers;(45)William Jace Cherry;(46)Robert Danforth Clark;(47)James Claxton;(48)Ryan Michael Clinkunbroomer;(49)Joshua Lee Clouse;(50)Anthony Eugene Cloyd;(51)Thomas Patrick Compitello;(52)Caleb Kenneth Conley;(53)David Erwin Cook;(54)Harry L. Cook;(55)Donald E. Cossean, Jr.;(56)Timothy E. Coyne;(57)Kevin Michael Cram;(58)Garrett Coulter Crumby;(59)Christopher Byard Cummings;(60)Willis Gardner Daggett;(61)Stephen Anthony Darby;(62)Jeris Deon Davis;(63)Francisco Decastro, Jr.;(64)Rodrigo Delgado;(65)Michael Anthony Devecchis;(66)Charles Fitzgerald Dotson;(67)Martin Draft;(68)John Anthony Durm;(69)Orren Sylvester Eatherton;(70)Jessica Marie Ebbighausen;(71)Angel F. Esquerete;(72)Alberto Edaniel Felix;(73)Anthony Dale Ferguson;(74)Christopher David Fitzgerald;(75)George Flores;(76)James Foley;(77)Clifford Vincent Fontaine;(78)Pedro A. Foruria, Sr.;(79)Anthony John Francone;(80)Edgard Garcia;(81)Christopher James Garrow;(82)Robert Carl Garten;(83)Anthony J. Garvey;(84)William J. Gawron, Sr.;(85)Francis A. Gaynor;(86)Nicholas A. Georgeadis;(87)James A. Geraghty;(88)Stephen Lee Gibson;(89)Barry Paul Giglio;(90)Maureen Gill-Donohue;(91)Todd C. Gillerlain;(92)Steven Paul Gitlin II;(93)Heather Jayne Glenn;(94)Michael Stephen Godawa;(95)Ivan Gonzalez;(96)Thomas J. Graham;(97)Roland Anthony Gray;(98)Almondo Greer-Travis, Sr.;(99)Alexander Griffin;(100)Mason Evans Griffith;(101)Timothy James Guyer;(102)Asson Anthony Hacker;(103)Orion Owen Hale;(104)Joshua Isaac Hamilton;(105)Matthew Logan Hare;(106)Emil Harnischfeger;(107)Brett Michael Harris;(108)Mark Urban Heinl I;(109)Donald Herman Heitkamp;(110)Charles Hugh Herring;(111)John Joseph Hess;(112)Charles A. Hibsch;(113)Ronald E. Higgins;(114)William D. Hildreth;(115)Patrick J. Hogan;(116)Patrick James Hogan;(117)Barry Philip Holmes;(118)Nicholas Holovinsky;(119)John Horan;(120)Israel Shepard Hughes;(121)Victor Antione Hunter;(122)Orin F. Hush;(123)Charles Lane Huskey;(124)Jeff David Hust;(125)Billy Joe Ihrig;(126)Lionel Emanuel Isaac;(127)Jon Arden Jenson;(128)Peter E. C. Jerving;(129)Joseph Wayne Johnson;(130)David Lee Johnson;(131)Peder Thomas Johnson;(132)Jason Stuart Jones;(133)Daniel Alan Kammerzell;(134)Michael J. Kearns;(135)William J. Keating;(136)Michael Robert Keel;(137)Shawn Kevin Kelly;(138)William Michael Kelly;(139)Edward T. Kiluk;(140)Carl Douglas Kimball;(141)Robert John Kirwan;(142)Bolivar Thornton Knight;(143)Ross John Krieger;(144)Michael Paul Kunovich;(145)Lawrence W. Lakeman;(146)Shannon Eric Lang, Sr.;(147)Tuan Q. Le;(148)David John Lee;(149)Kaitlin Rae Leising;(150)James Michael Lett;(151)Thomas M. Lilly;(152)Scott G. Lovendahl;(153)George Martin Lowe;(154)James Lucero;(155)Gerald Ford Lynch;(156)Christopher John Marcello;(157)Paul Steven Martin;(158)James A. Mastricovo;(159)Cory Steven Maynard;(160)Marylin Anjanette Mayo;(161)John F. McArdle;(162)Scott Charles McArdle;(163)Jeremy David McCain;(164)Charles McCarthy;(165)John Joseph McCauley;(166)James Brady McClain;(167)James Steven McCormick;(168)Francis McGraw;(169)Justin Clark McIntire;(170)Marc Andrew McIntyre;(171)Robert William McKinney;(172)Daniel M. McLean;(173)Darrin Curtis McMichael;(174)Edward G. McNichols;(175)Kyle Michael Melancon;(176)Starre Albert Miles;(177)Jared John Miller;(178)Stephen Miller;(179)Matthew David Mitchell;(180)Jacqueline M. Montanaro;(181)Bolivar S. Moore;(182)Gregorio Morales;(183)Michael Anthony Moran;(184)Steven C. Mosiello;(185)Jovian Jamal Motley;(186)Robert Mouradian;(187)James Matthew Muhlbauer;(188)Frank Hernandez Murillo;(189)William Murphree;(190)Thomas Park Neely;(191)Donald Max Neiswinger, Jr.;(192)Alberto Nieves;(193)Philip Dale Nix;(194)Scott Charles Norcutt;(195)Freddy Ortiz;(196)Nicholas F. Ortiz;(197)Jonah Oswald;(198)Joshua Anthony Owen;(199)Peleg Palmer;(200)Vincent Anthony Parks;(201)Anthony J. Pasquarello;(202)Jorge Ignacio Pastore;(203)Troy D. Patterson;(204)Nicholas Neal Pepper;(205)Santos Perez;(206)Jesse S. Perkins;(207)Aubrey Helene Phillips;(208)Delberth Ian Phipps, Jr.;(209)Martin M. Podolski;(210)David Jacob Poirrier;(211)Areanah Makayla Preston;(212)Michael G. Prettitore;(213)Jason Scott Pulliam;(214)Isam Muhammad Qasem;(215)Andrew L. Quinlan;(216)Marcos M. Quinones;(217)William Wesley Rainbolt;(218)Frank D. Randall, Jr.;(219)John Robert Randolph III;(220)Geoffrey Bernard Redd;(221)Trinity Leeann Reinhart;(222)Milton Gabriel Resendez;(223)Auston Smith Reudelhuber;(224)Anthony William Rickerson;(225)Scott Densmore Ritchey;(226)Elijah Roberts;(227)Kimberly Dawn Roberts Sickafoose;(228)Thomas F. Roche, Jr.;(229)Christopher P. Rock;(230)Robert Daniel Rodgers;(231)Kelly Bernard Rolando;(232)Michael Romano;(233)Jacques F. Rougeau, Jr.;(234)Brian Glenn Rousseau;(235)Richard Louis Ruiz;(236)James Michael Russ;(237)John Christopher Ryan;(238)Jacob Eric Salrin;(239)Janelle Sanders;(240)Bill Mila Sapolu;(241)Hunter Timothy Scheel;(242)Paul Schippereit;(243)Karl John Sederholt;(244)John Thomas Self;(245)Ralph Edward Serrano;(246)Robert Joseph Shisler;(247)James M. Sides;(248)Jordan Silver;(249)Isaac Henry Simmons;(250)Zachary Slavin;(251)Sean Leonard Sluganski;(252)W. Meade Smith;(253)Aaron Nathanial Smith;(254)James D. Snipes;(255)Kuntz Stahlberger;(256)Jack Sale Stewart;(257)Lewis C. Story;(258)Becky Vanessa Strong;(259)Daniel J. Swain, Jr.;(260)George W. Swank;(261)Chad Edward Swanson;(262)Carlos E. J. Taylor;(263)Richard E. Tesauro;(264)Benjamin Tobias Thornton;(265)John C. Thrower;(266)Paul J. Tracey;(267)Sammy J. Trujillo;(268)Horren Randall Tyler;(269)Timothy James Unwin;(270)August Utendoerfer;(271)Victor Vargas;(272)Andres Mauricio Vasquez Lasso;(273)Mark Christopher Wagner II;(274)John J. Walker III;(275)Jake Ryan Wallin;(276)James Loughlin Ward;(277)Richard Weber;(278)George Calvin White;(279)Herman Wilkewitz;(280)James Edgar Williams;(281)Clarence Lamar Williams II; and(282)Marcus Lee Zeigler: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives—(1)acknowledges that police officers and other law enforcement personnel, especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, should be remembered and honored;(2)expresses unwavering support for law enforcement officers across the United States in the pursuit of preserving safe and secure communities;(3)recognizes the need to ensure that law enforcement officers have the equipment, training, and resources that are necessary in order to protect the health and safety of the officers while the officers protect the public; (4)recognizes the law enforcement community for continual unseen acts of sacrifice and heroism; and(5)expresses condolences and solemn appreciation to the loved ones of each law enforcement officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.