[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 124 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. 
        McCaskill, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Heitkamp, and Mr. Cruz):
  S. 1617. A bill 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''; to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1617

       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''.
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