[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 61 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO FALLEN EDUCATORS ACT

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (S. 167) to designate a National Memorial to Fallen Educators at 
the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                 S. 167

       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 ``National Memorial to Fallen 
     Educators Act''.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

       (a) In General.--The memorial to fallen educators located 
     at the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas, is 
     designated as the ``National Memorial to Fallen Educators''.
       (b) Effect of Designation.--The national memorial 
     designated by this section is not a unit of the National Park 
     System and the designation of the National Memorial to Fallen 
     Educators shall not require or permit Federal funds to be 
     expended for any purpose related to that national memorial.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. McClintock) and the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hanabusa) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.


                             General Leave

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, S. 167 designates the existing memorial to fallen 
educators at the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas, as 
the National Memorial to Fallen Educators.
  We all know the life-inspiring and life-changing role that teachers 
play in each of our lives. I dare say that we, all of us, have had 
teachers whose influence looms large through our lives because of 
something they once did to inspire, motivate, or equip us for the lives 
we lead through the decades that follow.
  Often, their influence on us only becomes obvious as we look back on 
their role in our lives through the perspective of the years, by which 
time we have often lost them or lost touch with them. It is through 
official acts like this before us today that we can express our 
gratitude, if not individually, then collectively as a Nation.
  I would also like to say, on a personal note, that our daughter, 
Shannah, began her career as a first grade teacher, and her mother and 
I couldn't be more proud of her.
  The bill before us today is a small token of recognition to a small 
group of teachers, who not only dedicated their lives to teaching, but 
who gave their lives during the performance of their duties.
  On June 12, 2014, the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, 
Kansas, dedicated the memorial to the 119 educators who have lost their 
lives while teaching since 1764.
  This bill gives Federal recognition to this memorial, while retaining 
it under the jurisdiction of the National Teachers Hall of Fame. No 
taxpayer money will be used for it, and management will not be 
transferred to the National Park Service. But the bill will give 
official Federal recognition to it as a small token of respect and 
appreciation from the American people.
  I urge adoption of the measure, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, S. 167 establishes Federal designation to an existing 
memorial recognizing fallen educators from across our country at the 
National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.
  The Fallen Educators Memorial currently includes the names of 
educators and faculty from Columbine to Sandy Hook and many others who 
have lost their lives while serving our Nation's youth. The bill's 
designation will serve to further honor the countless educators that 
have given everything while on the job.
  I support this legislation, and urge my colleagues to vote in favor 
of passing this bill.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  This concludes six bills, all bipartisan, that have been reported out 
by the Natural Resources Committee today, and I think that is worthy of 
note. I want to again thank my Democratic colleague, Ms. Hanabusa, for 
her support and bipartisan cooperation on these measures. I urge 
adoption of the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, S. 167.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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