[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 578 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 578

 Honoring the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on 
                  the 45th anniversary of the agency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2018

 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on 
                  the 45th anniversary of the agency.

Whereas the Drug Enforcement Administration (referred to in this preamble as the 
        ``DEA'') was--

    (1) established by an Executive order on July 1, 1973; and

    (2) given the responsibility to coordinate all activities of the 
Federal Government directly related to the enforcement of the drug laws of 
the United States;

Whereas the more than 8,900 men and women of the DEA, including special agents, 
        intelligence analysts, diversion investigators, program analysts, 
        forensic chemists, attorneys, and administrative support staff, as well 
        as more than 2,700 task force officers and hundreds of vetted foreign 
        drug law enforcement officers--

    (1) serve the United States with courage; and

    (2) help protect the people of the United States from drug trafficking, 
drug abuse, and related violence;

Whereas, during the 45 years since the establishment of the DEA, the agency has 
        targeted and brought to justice numerous criminals from around the 
        world;
Whereas, throughout the 45-year history of the DEA, the agency has continually 
        adapted to evolving trends of drug trafficking organizations by 
        targeting individuals involved in the manufacturing, distribution, and 
        sale of drugs, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, 
        ecstasy, controlled prescription drugs, and new psychoactive substances;
Whereas, during the past decade, DEA special agents--

    (1) seized--

    G    (A) more than 65,000 kilograms of heroin;

    G    (B) 1,240,000 kilograms of cocaine;

    G    (C) 3,240,000 kilograms of marijuana;

    G    (D) more than 191,000 kilograms of methamphetamine; and

    G    (E) more than 23,000,000 dosage units of controlled prescription 
drugs; and

    (2) identified more than 600 new psychoactive substances, including 
controlled substance analogues;

Whereas the DEA has deployed enforcement and regulatory tools and strategies to 
        address the threat posed by new psychoactive substances, including 
        controlled substance analogues, which--

    (1) mimic the effects of known licit and illicit controlled substances, 
including fentanyl; and

    (2) are largely responsible for driving the opioid epidemic that 
claimed the lives of more than 42,000 individuals in the United States in 
2016;

Whereas, with 91 foreign offices located in 70 countries, the DEA has the 
        largest international presence of any Federal law enforcement agency, 
        facilitating--

    (1) close collaboration with international partners around the world, 
including in the Republic of Colombia, the United Mexican States, the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the People's Republic of China, 
through information-sharing, training, and technology; and

    (2) the provision of resources that have resulted in the disruption or 
dismantling of 300 priority target drug trafficking organizations in the 
Republic of Colombia, 226 in the United Mexican States, 53 in the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan, and 45 in the People's Republic of China;

Whereas, throughout the history of the DEA, employees and members of the 
        agency's task forces have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, 
        including Emir Benitez, Gerald Sawyer, Leslie S. Grosso, Nickolas 
        Fragos, Mary M. Keehan, Charles H. Mann, Anna Y. Mounger, Anna J. Pope, 
        Martha D. Skeels, Mary P. Sullivan, Larry D. Wallace, Ralph N. Shaw, 
        James T. Lunn, Octavio Gonzalez, Francis J. Miller, Robert C. Lightfoot, 
        Thomas J. Devine, Larry N. Carwell, Marcellus Ward, Enrique S. Camarena, 
        James A. Avant, Charles M. Bassing, Kevin L. Brosch, Susan M. Hoefler, 
        William Ramos, Raymond J. Stastny, Arthur L. Cash, Terry W. McNett, 
        George M. Montoya, Paul S. Seema, Everett E. Hatcher, Rickie C. Finley, 
        Joseph T. Aversa, Wallie Howard, Jr., Eugene T. McCarthy, Alan H. Winn, 
        George D. Althouse, Becky L. Dwojeski, Stephen J. Strehl, Richard E. 
        Fass, Frank Fernandez, Jr., Jay W. Seale, Meredith Thompson, Juan C. 
        Vars, Frank S. Wallace, Jr., Shelly D. Bland, Rona L. Chafey, Carrol 
        June Fields, Carrie A. Lenz, Kenneth G. McCullough, Shaun E. Curl, Larry 
        Steilen, Royce D. Tramel, Alice Faye Hall-Walton, Elton Lee Armstead, 
        Terry Loftus, Donald C. Ware, Jay Balchunas, Thomas J. Byrne, Jr., 
        Samuel Hicks, Forrest N. Leamon, Chad L. Michael, Michael E. Weston, 
        James Terry Watson, and Brent L. Hanger; and
Whereas many other DEA employees and task force officers have been wounded or 
        injured in the line of duty, including 14 who have received the DEA 
        Purple Heart Award: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the Drug Enforcement Administration on 
        the occasion of its 45th anniversary;
            (2) honors the heroic sacrifice of the employees of the 
        agency who have sacrificed their lives or who have been wounded 
        or injured in the service of the United States; and
            (3) gives heartfelt thanks to all the men and women of the 
        Drug Enforcement Administration for their past and continued 
        efforts to protect the people of the United States from the 
        dangers of drug abuse.
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