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[S. 1617 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1617

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
 To designate the checkpoint of the United States Border Patrol located 
  on United States Highway 77 North in Sarita, Texas, as the ``Javier 
                  Vega, Jr. Border Patrol Checkpoint''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Javier Vega, Jr. Memorial Act of 
2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) A native of La Feria, Texas, Border Patrol Agent Javier 
    Vega, Jr., served his country first a member of the United States 
    Marines Corps and then proudly as a border patrol agent in the 
    canine division with his dog, Goldie.
        (2) Agent Vega was assigned to the Kingsville, Texas, Border 
    Patrol Station as a canine handler and worked primarily at the 
    Sarita Border Patrol Checkpoint.
        (3) On August 3, 2014, Agent Vega was on a fishing trip with 
    his family near Raymondville, Texas, when 2 criminal aliens 
    attempted to rob and attack them.
        (4) Agent Vega was shot and killed while attempting to subdue 
    the assailants and protecting his family.
        (5) Agent Vega is survived by his wife, parents, 3 sons, 
    brother, sister-in-law, niece, and dog, Goldie.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.
    The checkpoint of the United States Border Patrol located on United 
States Highway 77 North in Sarita, Texas, shall be known and designated 
as the ``Javier Vega, Jr. Border Patrol Checkpoint''.
SEC. 4. REFERENCES.
    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the checkpoint described in section 3 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Javier Vega, Jr. Border 
Patrol Checkpoint''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.