[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1241 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1241

 Congratulating Ensign DeCarol Davis upon serving as the valedictorian 
   of the Coast Guard Academy's class of 2008 and becoming the first 
              African-American female to earn this honor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2008

Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                  on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating Ensign DeCarol Davis upon serving as the valedictorian 
   of the Coast Guard Academy's class of 2008 and becoming the first 
              African-American female to earn this honor.

Whereas Ensign DeCarol Davis is the first African-American female to serve as 
        the valedictorian of the Coast Guard Academy;
Whereas Ensign Davis is from Woodbridge, Virginia, and was the 2004 Forest Park 
        High School valedictorian;
Whereas Ensign Davis's academic achievement at the Coast Guard Academy in a 
        class of over 200 cadets earned her status as the valedictorian of the 
        Coast Guard Academy's class of 2008;
Whereas Ensign Davis's accomplishments include being selected as a 2007 Truman 
        Scholar, 2008 Connecticut Technology Council Women of Innovation Award 
        recipient, 2006 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Women's Basketball First Team Sports 
        Scholar, and 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I College 
        Women's Basketball First Team;
Whereas Ensign Davis's community outreach during her four years at the Coast 
        Guard Academy significantly impacted the lives of others, including 
        those at a local elementary school where Ensign Davis wrote and directed 
        a play that introduced engineering as a career to the students;
Whereas the Coast Guard Academy serves a critical role in training the future 
        leaders of the Coast Guard to protect ports, waterways, coastal 
        security, and the marine transportation system from an act of terrorism; 
        secure our borders against aliens seeking to unlawfully enter the United 
        States, illegal drugs, firearms, and weapons of mass destruction at 
        ports, waterways, and throughout the marine transportation system; 
        prevent human smuggling operations at ports, waterways, and throughout 
        the marine transportation system; maintain defense readiness to rapidly 
        deploy defensive port operations and security operations and 
        environmental defense operations; coordinate efforts and intelligence 
        with Federal, State, and local agencies to deter, detect, and respond to 
        the threat of terrorism at ports, on waterways, and throughout the 
        marine transportation system; prevent Osama Bin Laden, al Qaeda, or any 
        other terrorist or terrorist organization from attacking the United 
        States or any United States person; and protect the United States or any 
        United States person from threats posed by weapons of mass destruction 
        or other threats to national security;
Whereas the Coast Guard Academy has few women and people of color within its 
        cadet population;
Whereas on April 24, 2008, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 2830, the 
        Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2008, which included several provisions 
        to improve the diversity of the Coast Guard Academy; and
Whereas Ensign Davis gave her valedictorian address on May 21, 2008: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates Ensign DeCarol Davis for becoming the 
        first African-American female to serve as the valedictorian of 
        the Coast Guard Academy; and
            (2) encourages the Coast Guard Academy to seek diverse 
        candidates for the cadet corps and to continue to train and 
        graduate cadets of a quality that the Coast Guard needs to 
        fulfill all its homeland and nonhomeland security missions.
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