[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   MEMORIALIZING FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 181, S.J. Res. 
18.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by 
title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) memorializing fallen 
     firefighters by lowering the United States flag to half-staff 
     on the day of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial 
     Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table, and any statement relating to the joint 
resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) was read the third time and 
passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 18

       Whereas 1,200,000 men and women comprise the fire service 
     in the United States;
       Whereas the fire service is considered one of the most 
     dangerous jobs in the United States;
       Whereas fire service personnel selflessly respond to over 
     16,000,000 emergency calls annually, without reservation and 
     with an unwavering commitment to the safety of their fellow 
     citizens;
       Whereas fire service personnel are the first to respond to 
     an emergency, whether it involves a fire, medical emergency, 
     spill of hazardous materials, natural disaster, act of 
     terrorism, or transportation accident; and
       Whereas approximately 100 fire service personnel die 
     annually in the line of duty: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That each 
     year, the United States flags on all Federal facilities will 
     be lowered to half-staff on the day of the National Fallen 
     Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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