[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 215 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 215

   Designating the week of May 9 through May 15, 2021, as ``National 
                             Police Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2021

 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
    Scott of Florida, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
Whitehouse, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
 Risch, Mr. Coons, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. King, Mr. 
  Cassidy, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
 Casey, Mr. Moran, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Mr. Boozman, 
Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Thune, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. 
    Fischer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Braun, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Burr, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Young, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Brown, Mr. Toomey, 
 Mr. Carper, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Daines, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
 Lee, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Booker, 
  Mr. Rounds, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
   Shelby, Mr. Tuberville, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Portman, Mr. Romney, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Graham, Mr. McConnell, 
and Mr. Cruz) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating the week of May 9 through May 15, 2021, as ``National 
                             Police Week''.

Whereas Federal, State, local, and Tribal police officers, sheriffs, and other 
        law enforcement officers across the United States are charged with--

    (1) protecting and serving their communities and the public;

    (2) pursuing justice for all individuals; and

    (3) 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, through a pandemic and at the cost of their own lives, law enforcement 
        officers have continued to bravely meet the call of duty to ensure the 
        security of their neighborhoods and communities;
Whereas the resolve to service is clearly demonstrated by law enforcement 
        officers across the United States who have tragically fallen ill as a 
        result of, or passed away due to complications from, COVID-19 contracted 
        in the line of duty;
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;
Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2021, honors the 306 law enforcement 
        officers, who served with valor, dignity, and integrity, killed in the 
        line of duty in 2020, including--

    (1) Raymond C. Abear;

    (2) Daniel R. Abramovitz;

    (3) Olufela A. Adebiyi;

    (4) Agustin Aguilar, Jr.;

    (5) Louis H. Aguirre;

    (6) Tab T. Ali;

    (7) L. Dale Allen;

    (8) Jared M. Allison;

    (9) Keith S. Allison;

    (10) Michael H. Ambrosino;

    (11) Cornelius B. Anderson;

    (12) Alexander A. Arango;

    (13) Levi K. Arnold, Sr.;

    (14) Jane A. Ash;

    (15) George B. Baker;

    (16) Richard M. Barry;

    (17) Kejuane A. Bates;

    (18) Shannon S. Bennett;

    (19) Kendle G. Blackburn;

    (20) James H. Blair;

    (21) Tamarris L. Bohannon;

    (22) Thomas E. Booz;

    (23) Raymond A. Boseman;

    (24) Lebouath A. Boua;

    (25) Jairo A. Bravo;

    (26) Brad A. Briscoe;

    (27) Mark C. Brown;

    (28) Lemuel D. Bruce, Jr.;

    (29) Joseph J. Bullock;

    (30) Jose A. Buso;

    (31) Jorge Cabrera;

    (32) Irving G. Callender;

    (33) Craig L. Capolino;

    (34) Robert A. Cardona;

    (35) Christopher D. Carney;

    (36) Gregory S. Carnicle;

    (37) Carlo J. Cayabyab;

    (38) Dudley J. Champ;

    (39) Angela D. Chavers;

    (40) Ismael Z. Chavez;

    (41) Andrew D. Clark;

    (42) Michael W. Clegg;

    (43) Coy D. Coffman, Jr.;

    (44) Harry M. Cohen;

    (45) James D. Coleman;

    (46) Donafay Collins;

    (47) Kevin D. Collins;

    (48) Michael A. Conners;

    (49) James M. Cornacchia;

    (50) Efren Coronel;

    (51) Charlie J. Cortez;

    (52) Kaitlin M. Cowley;

    (53) Larry D. Crom;

    (54) Christopher D. Cronin;

    (55) Christopher M. Cunningham, Sr.;

    (56) Jennifer M. Czarnecki;

    (57) James L. Dancy;

    (58) William J. Darnell;

    (59) Norman O. Daye, Jr.;

    (60) Angel M. de la Fuente;

    (61) Roel de la Fuente;

    (62) Timothy P. de la Fuente;

    (63) Lyle G. Denny;

    (64) Thomas W. Devlin;

    (65) Anthony H. Dia;

    (66) Jose A. Diaz-Ayala;

    (67) Marco DiFranco;

    (68) William E. Doubraski;

    (69) Paul P. Dunn;

    (70) Stephen C. Dutton;

    (71) Mark R. Eckenrode;

    (72) Christopher L. Elder;

    (73) Stanley C. Elrod;

    (74) Kurtis J. Enget;

    (75) Terrence A. Engle;

    (76) Tiffany Victoria B. Enriquez;

    (77) Christopher E. Ewing;

    (78) Kenneth D. Foley;

    (79) Maurice C. Ford;

    (80) Randall C. French;

    (81) Frank L. Gagliano;

    (82) Tracy A. Gaines;

    (83) Herbert J. Garcia;

    (84) Jose A. Garcia Vazquez;

    (85) William R. Garner;

    (86) Edelmiro Garza, Jr.;

    (87) Steven M. Gaudet, Jr.;

    (88) Maria Gibbs;

    (89) Andrew J. Gillette;

    (90) Raul A. Gomez;

    (91) Marco A. Gonzales;

    (92) Jonathon K. Goodman, Sr.;

    (93) Michael H. Grannis;

    (94) Kaia L. Grant;

    (95) Gail S. Green-Gilliam;

    (96) Rickie Groves;

    (97) Lawrence A. Guarnieri;

    (98) Claude W. Guillory;

    (99) Damon C. Gutzwiller;

    (100) Parnell L. Guyton;

    (101) Mark A. Hall, Sr.;

    (102) Robert J. Hall;

    (103) Jacob W. Hancher;

    (104) Kenneth W. Harbin;

    (105) Ryan P. Hendrix;

    (106) Michael L. Henry, Jr.;

    (107) Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer;

    (108) Tyler A. Herndon;

    (109) L. Mario Herrera;

    (110) Avery D. Hillman;

    (111) Curt Holland;

    (112) Charles E. Holt III;

    (113) Cody N. Holte;

    (114) Jeffrey C. Hopkins;

    (115) Glenn D. Hutto, Jr.;

    (116) Kenny B. Ingram;

    (117) Thomas M. Inman;

    (118) Anthony T. Jackson, Sr.;

    (119) Domingo Jasso III;

    (120) Benjamin M. Jenkins;

    (121) Aubrey T. Johnson, Jr.;

    (122) Cassie M. Johnson;

    (123) Craig V. Johnson;

    (124) Eric T. Johnson;

    (125) Te'Juan F. Johnson;

    (126) Waldis V. Johnson;

    (127) Antoine P. Jones;

    (128) Jerry W. Jones;

    (129) Lynn D. Jones;

    (130) Jason W. Judd;

    (131) William C. Jumper, Jr.;

    (132) Kaulike S. G. Kalama;

    (133) Ethan R. Kaskin;

    (134) Julian L. Keen, Jr.;

    (135) David W. Kellywood;

    (136) Craig L. King;

    (137) James T. Kirk;

    (138) Jason M. Knox;

    (139) Christopher S. Korzilius;

    (140) Philip Kraverotis;

    (141) John J. Kuhar, Jr.;

    (142) Jeremy C. LaDue;

    (143) Joseph W. Lange;

    (144) Shirley J. Lanning;

    (145) Ernest Leal, Jr.;

    (146) Breann R. Leath;

    (147) Destin S. Legieza;

    (148) Justin C. Lenz;

    (149) Kenneth R. Lester;

    (150) Erik L. Lloyd;

    (151) Marshall L. London, Jr.;

    (152) Anthony J. Lucanto;

    (153) Nathan J. Lyday;

    (154) Harold F. MacGilvray, Jr.;

    (155) Brian L. Magee;

    (156) Jose P. Marquez;

    (157) Clifford W. Martin, Sr.;

    (158) Glenn T. F. Martinez;

    (159) Lionel Q. Martinez, Jr.;

    (160) Miguel A. Martinez Ortiz;

    (161) Wyatt C. Maser;

    (162) Alan D. McCollum;

    (163) Bronc J. McCoy;

    (164) Richard McCoy;

    (165) Christopher B. McDonnell;

    (166) Anthony C. McGrew:

    (167) Adam S. McMillan;

    (168) Brian K. McNair;

    (169) Kenneth R. Meisel;

    (170) Jon M. Melvin;

    (171) Juan Menchaca, Jr.;

    (172) Maria L. Mendez;

    (173) Daniel L. Mendoza III;

    (174) Frank R. Milillo, Sr.;

    (175) Steven A. Minor;

    (176) Bobby R. Montgomery;

    (177) Angelanette Moore;

    (178) Titus T. Moore;

    (179) Jose C. Mora, Jr.;

    (180) Gabe Morales;

    (181) Johan Mordan;

    (182) William T. Morris;

    (183) Berisford A. Morse;

    (184) Michael S. Mosher;

    (185) Dale E. Multer;

    (186) Eric K Murray;

    (187) Alfonso H. Murrieta;

    (188) Benny N. Napoleon;

    (189) Mikkos L. Newman;

    (190) Ronald Newman;

    (191) Charles E. Norton;

    (192) Jose M. Novoa;

    (193) Daniel G. Oaks;

    (194) Richard W. O'Brien, Jr.;

    (195) James R. O'Connor IV;

    (196) Thomas A. Ogungbire;

    (197) Dennis R. Oliver, Jr.;

    (198) Nicholas D. O'Rear;

    (199) Andy Ornelas;

    (200) S. Renee Padgett;

    (201) Leroy G. Palmer;

    (202) Omar E. Palmer;

    (203) Donald E. Parker;

    (204) Jonathan D. Parnell;

    (205) Betty A. Pascarella;

    (206) AlTerek S. Patterson;

    (207) Luis O. Pena, Jr.;

    (208) Corey Pendergrass;

    (209) Nelson Perdomo;

    (210) Ricardo Perez-Ortiz;

    (211) Alexander R. Pettiway, Jr.;

    (212) Jason K. Phan;

    (213) Sypraseuth Phouangphrachanh;

    (214) Dylan S. Pickle;

    (215) Kietrell M. Pitts;

    (216) Jack V. Polimeni;

    (217) Harold L. Preston;

    (218) Dale T. Provins, Jr.;

    (219) Nancy Puca;

    (220) Charles O. Pugh II;

    (221) Justin R. Putnam;

    (222) Allan F. Ray;

    (223) Stephen L. Raymond;

    (224) Aldemar Rengifo, Jr.;

    (225) Nicholas L. Reyna;

    (226) John A. Rhoden;

    (227) M. Wayne Rhodes;

    (228) Donna M. Richardson-Below;

    (229) Richard Rios;

    (230) Sheila J. Rivera;

    (231) George B. Robare;

    (232) Charles E. Roberts III;

    (233) Oscar W. Rocha;

    (234) Rodrick L. Rodgers;

    (235) Mayra M. Rodriguez-Burgado;

    (236) Robert W. Rogers;

    (237) Mark J. Romutis;

    (238) Enrique J. Rositas, Jr.;

    (239) LaKiya L. Rouse;

    (240) Caleb D. Rule;

    (241) Alex Ruperto;

    (242) Nolan J. Sanders;

    (243) Jose A. Santana;

    (244) Lucas G. Saucedo, Jr.;

    (245) Dean M. Savard;

    (246) Jeffrey A. Scalf;

    (247) Justin R. Schaffer;

    (248) David L. Schmidt;

    (249) Raymond J. Scholwinski;

    (250) Francesco S. Scorpo;

    (251) Brent W. P. Scrimshire;

    (252) Robert W. Sealock;

    (253) Bryant Searcy;

    (254) Jeffery W. Sewell;

    (255) Jonathan P. Shoop;

    (256) Jason N. Shuping;

    (257) James M. Skernivitz;

    (258) Christopher A. Smith;

    (259) Jeremy D. Smith;

    (260) Patrick D. Snook;

    (261) John D. Songy;

    (262) Joseph Spinosa;

    (263) Steven Splan;

    (264) Caleb H. Starr;

    (265) Philip E. Street;

    (266) Donald K. Sumner;

    (267) Robert C. Sunukjian;

    (268) Jarid D. Taylor;

    (269) Kenterrous D. Taylor;

    (270) Oscar J. Temores;

    (271) Marcus Thomas;

    (272) Virgil L. Thomas;

    (273) Katherine M. Thyne;

    (274) Kevin P. Trahan;

    (275) Richard C. Treadwell;

    (276) Marvin W. Trejo;

    (277) Johnny R. Tunches;

    (278) Herschel R. Turner, Jr.;

    (279) Eric J. Twisdale;

    (280) Brendan P. Unitt;

    (281) Randy M. Vallot;

    (282) Gary L. Walker;

    (283) James Walker, Jr.;

    (284) Travis C. Wallace;

    (285) Christopher R. Walsh;

    (286) Daniel G. Walters;

    (287) Lowery Ware, Sr.;

    (288) Marshall L. Waters, Jr.;

    (289) Allan J. Weber;

    (290) Lee R. Weber;

    (291) James W. Weston, Jr.;

    (292) Anthony L. White;

    (293) Sheldon G. Whiteman;

    (294) Richard E. Whitten;

    (295) Kelvin D. Wilcher;

    (296) Charlie Williams, Jr.;

    (297) Keith D. Williams, Sr.;

    (298) Sharon M. Williams;

    (299) Stephen P. Williams;

    (300) Dwight E. Willis;

    (301) Jackson R. Winkeler;

    (302) Richard A. Wright;

    (303) Ching K. Yan;

    (304) Sheena D. Yarbrough-Powell;

    (305) Terrell D. Young; and

    (306) Joseph M. Youse; and

Whereas, since the beginning of 2021, 119 law enforcement officers from across 
        the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the week of May 9 through May 15, 2021, as 
        ``National Police Week'';
            (2) expresses strong support for law enforcement officers 
        across the United States in the efforts that those officers 
        undertake to build safer and more secure communities;
            (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law enforcement 
        officers have the equipment, training, and resources necessary 
        to protect the health and safety of the officers and the public 
        they serve;
            (4) recognizes the law enforcement community for the 
        continual selfless acts of sacrifice and bravery carried out by 
        the members of that community;
            (5) recognizes that, even through a pandemic and at the 
        cost of their own lives, law enforcement officers continue to 
        show up and serve their neighborhoods and communities;
            (6) acknowledges that police officers and other law 
        enforcement personnel, especially those who have made the 
        ultimate sacrifice, should be remembered and honored;
            (7) expresses condolences to the loved ones of each law 
        enforcement officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice in the 
        line of duty; and
            (8) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        National Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities 
        that promote awareness of the vital role that law enforcement 
        officers perform in service to the United States and the 
        communities in which those officers serve.
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