[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1617 Referred in House (RFH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1617


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2017

     Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 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''.

            Passed the Senate August 3, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                JULIE E. ADAMS,

                                                             Secretary.