[House Report 118-56]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


118th Congress }                                          { REPORT 
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session   }                                          { 118-56

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      EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR RECOGNIZING ``NATIONAL POLICE WEEK''

                                _______
                                

May 15, 2023.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

           Mr. Jordan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                       [To accompany H. Res. 363]

    The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the 
resolution (H. Res. 363) expressing support for recognizing 
``National Police Week'', having considered the same, reports 
favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the 
resolution be agreed to.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
Purpose and Summary..............................................    10
Background and Need for the Legislation..........................    11
Hearings.........................................................    12
Committee Consideration..........................................    12
Committee Votes..................................................    12
Committee Oversight Findings.....................................    12
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................    13
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................    13
Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects..........................    13
Duplication of Federal Programs..................................    13
Performance Goals and Objectives.................................    13
Advisory on Earmarks.............................................    13
Federal Mandates Statement.......................................    14
Advisory Committee Statement.....................................    14
Applicability to Legislative Branch..............................    14
Section-by-Section Analysis......................................    14
Additional Views.................................................    14

    The amendments are as follows:
  Strike the preamble and insert the following:

Whereas Federal, State, local, and Tribal police officers, sheriffs, and 
other law enforcement officers across the United States serve with valor, 
dignity, and integrity;

Whereas law enforcement officers are charged with--

          (1) pursuing justice for all individuals; and
          (2) 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, 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; and

Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2023, honors the 556 law enforcement 
officers killed in the line of duty, including 224 officers killed in 2022, 
as well as 332 officers killed in previous years whose stories were 
recovered during 2022, including--

          (1) Michael Lynn Gillis;
          (2) Bradley S.H. Johnson;
          (3) Walter Raymond Hall;
          (4) Christopher Michael Vaughn;
          (5) J'Mar Colin Abel;
          (6) Michael Keith Morgan;
          (7) Steven Scott Bobbitt;
          (8) Mickey Jay Bowen;
          (9) Kevin Len Pounders;
          (10) Steven Ray Finley;
          (11) Jeremiah Lynch;
          (12) John T. Oaks;
          (13) Marquis Dewon Moorer;
          (14) John Graham;
          (15) Walter Lewis Johnson;
          (16) Darryl Wayne Fortner;
          (17) Curtis Matthew Worland;
          (18) Jesus Delaluz Lara III;
          (19) Jeremy M.B. Wilkins;
          (20) Phillip James Vavrinec, Jr.;
          (21) Thomas Crawford Craig;
          (22) Richard D.R. Lopez;
          (23) Joshua Daniel Caudell;
          (24) Jeffery Wayne Neel;
          (25) Matthew Chandler Moore;
          (26) Michael Ray Springer;
          (27) James Roy Morgan;
          (28) Paul Daniel Newell;
          (29) Gary Lynn Bean;
          (30) Ricky Allen Entmeier;
          (31) Gary Ray Kelley;
          (32) James S. Payne;
          (33) Jeremiah James Story;
          (34) William Joseph Shibley;
          (35) Donald Mark Scoby;
          (36) Richard Alan Bianchi, Jr.;
          (37) Michael Domingo Paredes;
          (38) Joseph Anthony Santana;
          (39) Tyler Ryan Lenehan;
          (40) Arthur Garcia Duron;
          (41) Toamalama W.L. Scanlan;
          (42) Nicholas Joseph Vella;
          (43) Fernando Uriel Arroyos;
          (44) Houston Ryan Tipping;
          (45) Christopher M. Bracks;
          (46) Andrew Lee Myers;
          (47) Anthony Nathan Bautista;
          (48) Armando Fernandez Meneses;
          (49) Pedro Romo;
          (50) Jamie John Arakawa;
          (51) Timothy David Tellez;
          (52) Amber Joy Leist;
          (53) John Mercer Black;
          (54) Morgan Wyatt Honeycutt;
          (55) Michael Edward Wall;
          (56) Robert Morrison;
          (57) Mono Jim;
          (58) Steven Michael Taylor;
          (59) Isaiah A. Cordero;
          (60) Jorge David Alvarado, Jr.;
          (61) Donald Archibald Mason;
          (62) Matthew Scott Gibbs;
          (63) Charles Morgan;
          (64) Dillon Micheal Vakoff;
          (65) James Miller Campbell;
          (66) Robert Eugene Sandoval;
          (67) Peter A. Walsh;
          (68) Frank Sam Potestio;
          (69) Andrew Steven Peery;
          (70) Marion Ernest Sanders;
          (71) Alex A. Hamzy;
          (72) Dustin William Demonte;
          (73) Diane Gonzalez;
          (74) Josip Peperni;
          (75) William Kinney;
          (76) Paul Matthew Patrick;
          (77) Christopher E.J. Taylor;
          (78) Adam James Webb;
          (79) James Michael McWhorter;
          (80) Jose Antonio Perez;
          (81) Kyle Lee Patterson;
          (82) James George Binnicker;
          (83) Edward Louis Perez;
          (84) Cesar Echaverry, Jr.;
          (85) Ray Charles Hamilton;
          (86) Shannon Mary Browning;
          (87) Ramon Caban, Jr.;
          (88) Clarence Guy Backherms;
          (89) Michael Robert Hartwick;
          (90) Christopher James Broadhead;
          (91) Blane Lee Lane;
          (92) Coby Brandon Seckinger;
          (93) Christopher Nicholas Fariello;
          (94) Walter C. Byrd;
          (95) James Walter Johnson;
          (96) Benjamin F. Wilder;
          (97) Fred Foster Crawford;
          (98) Jonathan Randall Koleski;
          (99) Marshall Samual Ervin, Jr.;
          (100) Terry Randall Arnold;
          (101) Jean-Harold Louis Astree;
          (102) Michael Scott Howard;
          (103) Shaneca C. Napier;
          (104) Addison Montanez Ford, Sr.;
          (105) Patrick Donnell Dupree;
          (106) Talmadge Leon Tucker, Jr.;
          (107) Scott Ozburn Riner;
          (108) Sean Marcus Free;
          (109) Donald Richard Crooms;
          (110) Clifford David Barber;
          (111) Samuel Bentley Arnold;
          (112) Hughey Anderson Keller;
          (113) Henry Lee Nixon;
          (114) William Gibson;
          (115) Richard Lynn Tostenson;
          (116) Walter Donald Jenkins, Jr.;
          (117) Jamie Lynn Reynolds;
          (118) Ellsworth Arthur Teed;
          (119) Kenneth John Thurman, Sr.;
          (120) Brian Romel Shields;
          (121) Joseph Anthony Tripoli;
          (122) Jose M. Huerta;
          (123) James R. Svec;
          (124) Joseph Robert Tinoco;
          (125) Claude Earl Bowman;
          (126) Brian Joseph Norton;
          (127) Nicholas Joseph Kozak;
          (128) Nicholas Donald Weist;
          (129) John Venton Donaldson;
          (130) Brian Lee Sember;
          (131) Michael John Queeney;
          (132) Noah Cleon Rainey;
          (133) John Medley Whisman;
          (134) Noah Jacob Shahnavaz;
          (135) William James Cox;
          (136) Douglas Warren Sanford;
          (137) Gary Layne Weinke;
          (138) Seara Brooke Burton;
          (139) John Lawrence Grampovnik;
          (140) John Karl Williams;
          (141) Austin Wayne Richardson;
          (142) Henry Edward Graves;
          (143) James Lawrence Kent;
          (144) Michael Earl German;
          (145) David Leroy Ingle;
          (146) Stacy Annette Murrow;
          (147) Robert Price Craft;
          (148) Sidnee Taylor Carter;
          (149) Jody Wayne Cash;
          (150) Gregory Lloyd Means;
          (151) Oliver Junior Little;
          (152) William Edward Petry;
          (153) Dixon Allen Sasser;
          (154) David Michael Ragle;
          (155) Logan Kendal Medlock;
          (156) Travis Dean Hurley;
          (157) James Jerry Critchelow;
          (158) Jacob Russell Chaffins;
          (159) Ralph Harlow Frasure;
          (160) Mark Allen Pike;
          (161) Walter Lee Soileau, Jr.;
          (162) Trey Steven Copeland;
          (163) William Earl Collins, Jr.;
          (164) Nicholas Wayne Tullier;
          (165) Louis Harry Estay;
          (166) Harold C. Hillman;
          (167) Kenneth Charles Olander;
          (168) Gregory John Bednarek;
          (169) Glenn Raymond Hilliard;
          (170) Frederick Joseph Gibney;
          (171) Edward M. Day;
          (172) Lawrence J. Nagle;
          (173) Joseph Francis Eberlein;
          (174) William F. Ahern;
          (175) Peter Neary;
          (176) John J. Fitzgerald;
          (177) Charles Alexander Christie;
          (178) Jacob G. Eyssi;
          (179) Tamar Anoush Bucci;
          (180) Frederick Louis Forni;
          (181) Loi Hu Ha;
          (182) Kevin Kelly Kokinis;
          (183) Nichole Marie Shuff-Balint;
          (184) Edgar A. Cranston;
          (185) Freddie Lee Wilson;
          (186) Lloyd Michael Todd;
          (187) Loren Michael Courts;
          (188) Raymond Darnell Hughes;
          (189) Kahlil Jacquen Biddle;
          (190) George Jason Kemp;
          (191) Collin Brevik Birnie;
          (192) Theodore Radlinski;
          (193) George Arthur Ferris;
          (194) Todd Lawrence Leveille;
          (195) Anthony Wayne Martin;
          (196) Franklin Pierce Boice;
          (197) Amos Forbes;
          (198) James Allan Lear;
          (199) Ernest M. Robinson;
          (200) John Joseph Wojciechowski;
          (201) Lee Eric Smith;
          (202) Jayme Lee Williams;
          (203) Joseph Budde;
          (204) Steven Michael Robin;
          (205) Branden Paul Estorffe;
          (206) Marzell Jerome Brooks;
          (207) Myiesha Breanna Stewart;
          (208) Lee Dan Vance, Jr.;
          (209) Robert Edward Moak, Sr.;
          (210) Kennis Winston Croom;
          (211) Jeffrey Ray Turner;
          (212) Johnny Raymond Patterson;
          (213) David Paul Jones;
          (214) Lane Anthony Burns;
          (215) Donald Eugene Riffe, Jr.;
          (216) Benjamin Lee Cooper;
          (217) Jake Alexander Reed;
          (218) Robert Boone Harris;
          (219) Janell L. Visser;
          (220) John David Luck;
          (221) Daniel Francisco Vasquez;
          (222) Justin Lee Smith;
          (223) Troy Todd Bailey;
          (224) Jeffrey Lee Hermanson;
          (225) Truong Thanh Thai;
          (226) Justin Michael Terry;
          (227) Edward Aaron Contreras, Jr.;
          (228) Douglas Michael King;
          (229) Philip Carl Closi;
          (230) Gerald Raymond Smith;
          (231) Ray Edward East;
          (232) Frank John Dustin;
          (233) Henry McAllister;
          (234) William Hurley;
          (235) Robert M. Miller;
          (236) Matthew Adam Vogel;
          (237) Frank W. Drewes, Jr.;
          (238) Harold Seaman;
          (239) William Dietz;
          (240) Julius H. Froh;
          (241) Robert Joseph Cookson;
          (242) Patrick McLaughlin;
          (243) Joseph William Goertz;
          (244) Joseph Charles Capriotti;
          (245) Robert F. McCormack;
          (246) Daniel Richard Krupa;
          (247) Brian Keith McAdams, Sr.;
          (248) Tolbert A. Furr;
          (249) Matthew Scott Horton;
          (250) David Formeza;
          (251) Frederick Gerald Maley;
          (252) Lawrence George Koren;
          (253) Fred Douglas Beers III;
          (254) Michael Adam Levison;
          (255) Charles Bryan Vannatta;
          (256) Aniceto Montoya;
          (257) Ananias Green;
          (258) Thomas Dean Vitale;
          (259) Robert Eric Duran;
          (260) Hector M. Nunez;
          (261) Charles C. Vroom IV;
          (262) Matthew A. Perlungher;
          (263) Robert D. Negri, Jr.;
          (264) David A. Mathura;
          (265) Leonard J. Swanson;
          (266) Wilbert D. Mora;
          (267) Jason Rivera;
          (268) Daniel Sanchez;
          (269) Barbara Burnette;
          (270) Terence P. Mulvey;
          (271) Enrico Joseph Crisafi;
          (272) Lawrence J. Prehn;
          (273) Neil Eugene Porter;
          (274) Michael John Reass;
          (275) Hugh P. Bartlett, Jr.;
          (276) Christopher Michael Tully;
          (277) George C. Moreno;
          (278) Michael S. Fuller;
          (279) Cornelius Joseph Douglas;
          (280) Steven L. Rodriguez;
          (281) Hector M. Gonzalez, Jr.;
          (282) Nicholas Purpero;
          (283) Brian John Maleyl;
          (284) Carl R. Ludwig;
          (285) Mark Smith;
          (286) Jennifer S. Abramowitz;
          (287) Raphael Albert Lora;
          (288) Edward R. Gorczynski, Jr.;
          (289) Dennis John Howard;
          (290) Gerald T. Brennan;
          (291) Emanuele Alongi;
          (292) Laurence Joseph Dougherty;
          (293) Jewel Jenkins;
          (294) Thomas L. Neal;
          (295) Emilio Laboy;
          (296) Patrick G. Monroe;
          (297) Michael A. Houlahan;
          (298) Pedro Garcia;
          (299) Robert P. Young;
          (300) Matthew S. von Seydewitz;
          (301) James P. Bast;
          (302) Frank Rosado;
          (303) Vincent A. Demarino;
          (304) Robert J. Reidy;
          (305) Anthony L. Lombardo;
          (306) John Minchilli;
          (307) Dennis Patrick Murphy;
          (308) Jeremiah J. Hunt;
          (309) Raymond Harris;
          (310) Thomas J. Fennessy;
          (311) Andrea R.J. Rainer;
          (312) Vincent Kevin Gough;
          (313) Valerie Kay Jacobs;
          (314) William Soto;
          (315) Carmen M. Figueroa;
          (316) Lawrence Edward Cabana;
          (317) Paul C. Adam;
          (318) Thomas J. Graham Jr.;
          (319) Ivan M. Morales;
          (320) F. Brent Chomyszak;
          (321) Rodrick Charles Covington;
          (322) Joseph James Gallagher;
          (323) Scott P. Enser;
          (324) James Gerard Sweeney;
          (325) Michael R. O'Donnell;
          (326) Joseph J. Mecca, Jr.;
          (327) William John DeBlock;
          (328) Wayne E. Bennett;
          (329) Kristina Marie Zell;
          (330) Melissa May France;
          (331) Anthony Patrick Mazurkiewicz;
          (332) Frank Daniel Gualdino;
          (333) William J. Kearns;
          (334) Ralph Chandler Kennerly;
          (335) Oscar Yovani Bolanos-Anavisca, Jr.;
          (336) William C. Callihan;
          (337) Gregory Thomas Horne, Sr.;
          (338) Matthew Eric Dow;
          (339) Michael Walter Godwin;
          (340) Helen Mae Smith;
          (341) James Brent Montgomery;
          (342) John Sumter Horton;
          (343) Ned Patrick Byrd;
          (344) Jose Angel DeLeon;
          (345) Matthew Ryan Fishman;
          (346) Reginald Kamal Smith;
          (347) Kenneth Clarence Jones;
          (348) Edward Lee Stewart;
          (349) Dominic Mario Francis;
          (350) Robert Craig Mills;
          (351) Matthew Eugene Yates;
          (352) Troy E. Sine;
          (353) Clement Leroy Francis;
          (354) Emerson A. Glotfelter;
          (355) Vinton E. Harsh;
          (356) Edward M. Hennessey;
          (357) Lawrence Robert Graham;
          (358) Sean Eric Vandenberg;
          (359) John Dale Stayrook;
          (360) Scott Russell Dawley;
          (361) Herbert Minshull;
          (362) Daniel Joseph Kin;
          (363) Christopher James Nelson;
          (364) Bart Lane Arnold;
          (365) William Daniel Kelley;
          (366) Frank Rodriguez, Jr.;
          (367) Robert Blaine Swartz;
          (368) James Arlie Hayes;
          (369) Lewis Wayne Roller;
          (370) William Riley Hargraves;
          (371) Scott Brandon Owens;
          (372) Richard Leslie Stephens;
          (373) Brian John Gaunt;
          (374) John Zoller;
          (375) Rhonda Jean Russell;
          (376) Gary R. Taccone;
          (377) Kevin D. Redding;
          (378) William David Lebo;
          (379) Steven H. Armbruster;
          (380) Charles G. Stipetich;
          (381) Branden Tyler Sisca;
          (382) Martin Francis Mack III;
          (383) Deborah Simpson-Rosario;
          (384) Vladimir Nikolaev Maleev;
          (385) Erin Lawrence Tokley;
          (386) Conklin Snow;
          (387) Charles Aloysius Prendergast;
          (388) Vasco Snow;
          (389) William Linder;
          (390) John Batts;
          (391) Timothy Earl Werner;
          (392) Richard Charles Howe;
          (393) Brian L. Rowland;
          (394) Scott Michael Patton;
          (395) Stephen Charles Plum, Jr.;
          (396) Chad Michael Beattie;
          (397) George B. Knapp;
          (398) Joshua P. Micun;
          (399) Christopher M. Mortensen;
          (400) Gino Caputo;
          (401) Roy Andrew Barr, Jr.;
          (402) Arthur Porcher Gaillard;
          (403) Tyrell Antwan Owens-Riley;
          (404) John Stewart;
          (405) Austin Derek Aldridge;
          (406) John William Berry III;
          (407) Tommy Wayne Cudd;
          (408) Braxton Michael Hofman;
          (409) David Hamilton Henry;
          (410) Daniel Todd Wallace;
          (411) Frank Keith Rezac, Jr.;
          (412) Jeffrey Herndon Carson;
          (413) Dale Leroy Wyman;
          (414) Matthew Stephen Locke;
          (415) Kevin Jay Stolinsky;
          (416) Christopher Allen Jenkins;
          (417) Terry Wayne Stowe;
          (418) Matthew Walker Blansett;
          (419) Bradley Alan Miller;
          (420) Corille Cortez Jones;
          (421) Richard Lee Barnes;
          (422) Robert Frank Clayton;
          (423) Cecil Earl Nunley;
          (424) Bridgette Lachelle Hunter;
          (425) Harold Lee Russell II;
          (426) Vince Arnold Mullins;
          (427) Gregory Lynn Triplett;
          (428) Mike Eladio Sanchez, Jr.;
          (429) Raquel Virginia Saunders;
          (430) Michael David Dunn;
          (431) Anthony Dupree Martin;
          (432) George Frederick;
          (433) James A. Gaines;
          (434) Matthew Adam Jimenez;
          (435) Ronald Rudy Butler;
          (436) Steven Robert Nothem II;
          (437) Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr.;
          (438) W.B. Hardeman;
          (439) Carlos David Ortiz;
          (440) John Jefferson Allen;
          (441) Chris Allen Bardwell;
          (442) Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr.;
          (443) Tracy Joe Dotson;
          (444) Christopher Dwayne Gibson;
          (445) John Paul Mestas;
          (446) Lonnie Pulvinar Sneed;
          (447) Barbara Ann Majors Fenley;
          (448) Schuyler Colfax Houston;
          (449) Gerardo Morales;
          (450) Julio Cesar Martinez;
          (451) Robert Carlos Ynclan;
          (452) Burke Nicholas Hannibal;
          (453) Brandon Paul Tsai;
          (454) Thomas Kristopher Hutchison;
          (455) Charles Eudell Galloway, Jr.;
          (456) Jennifer Lauren Chavis;
          (457) Robert Adam Howard;
          (458) Darren Almendarez;
          (459) Ramon Gutierrez, Jr.;
          (460) Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa;
          (461) Dustin Kyle Speckels;
          (462) Sean Sebastian Rios;
          (463) Elijah Pevito;
          (464) Laquintin J. Wilson;
          (465) Franklin Joe;
          (466) Lorin Marie Readmond;
          (467) Ricky Neal Roberts;
          (468) Wayne Butch Nowell, Jr;
          (469) Sheli Yvonne Godbold;
          (470) Manuel Christopher Widner;
          (471) Robert Rivera;
          (472) Earnest Frank Oldham;
          (473) Jeffery M.D. Richardson;
          (474) Jay Vincent Pena;
          (475) David Glen Evans;
          (476) Neil Pat Adams;
          (477) Ramiro Perez III;
          (478) Lorenzo Bustos;
          (479) Billy Wayne Scheets;
          (480) Kaitlyn Breanne Ritnour;
          (481) Jade Nicole Drennan;
          (482) Lonnie D. Johnson, Jr.;
          (483) Kay Weldon Zeger, Jr.;
          (484) John Baron Broadaway;
          (485) Darrell Avery;
          (486) Mark Allen Loecken;
          (487) Ty'isha Rhoshun Harper;
          (488) Kevin D. Dupree;
          (489) Maria A. Garcia;
          (490) Ruben Martinez, Sr.;
          (491) Jerry Esparza;
          (492) Anthony Carlos Salas;
          (493) J. Adam Ashworth;
          (494) Michael Dwayne Chandler;
          (495) John Elwood Painter;
          (496) Charles Wayne Catron;
          (497) Caleb Daniel Ogilvie;
          (498) Kenneth Paul Delano;
          (499) John Joseph Donohue;
          (500) Trey Marshall Sutton;
          (501) David William Myers, Jr.;
          (502) Jose Ramon Rivera;
          (503) David Jonathon Nieves;
          (504) John Gregory Blankenship;
          (505) Thomas J. Wray;
          (506) Jordan Taylor Jackson;
          (507) Daniel Charles Rocha;
          (508) Daryl Wayne Shuey;
          (509) Dominique Bernardo Calata;
          (510) Donald Lewis Sahota;
          (511) Darryl Lynn Goodrich, Jr.;
          (512) Max Lee Webb;
          (513) Mitchell K. Robinson;
          (514) John Agnew;
          (515) Pete Pescatore;
          (516) Claude Thomas Spangler;
          (517) George Mitchell;
          (518) William Johnson Tabor;
          (519) Burman H. Hatfield;
          (520) Hannibal Noah Blankenship;
          (521) Samuel Payne;
          (522) Thomas Edward Baker III;
          (523) Daniel Lynn Creighbaum;
          (524) Shawn Paul Hennessee;
          (525) Yiu Tak Tao;
          (526) Raymond John Gutierrez;
          (527) Randall J. Harris;
          (528) Jason T. Dumlao;
          (529) Charles M. Davis;
          (530) Eugene Smith;
          (531) Jason Dorian Nathan;
          (532) Jason Lynn Norton;
          (533) Brian Scott McElroy;
          (534) Raul Humberto Gonzalez, Jr.;
          (535) Daniel Humberto Salazar;
          (536) Michel Orlando Maceda;
          (537) Jorge Alain Arias;
          (538) Cody Alan Olafson;
          (539) Bruce Robert Eckhoff;
          (540) Brian Lee Vogel;
          (541) Jeffrey Paliza Dela Cruz;
          (542) Kenneth MacCallum;
          (543) William Clark Hayes;
          (544) David Eric Mize;
          (545) Brian Wayne Turner;
          (546) Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas;
          (547) James Dale Holdman, Jr.;
          (548) Peter Christopher Egan;
          (549) Jose Elizondo Gomez;
          (550) Michael Judson Riley;
          (551) Augustine McIntyre;
          (552) Henry Schubert;
          (553) George W. LaPorte;
          (554) Edward Patrick Savage;
          (555) William M. Williams, Sr.; and
          (556) Adrian Lopez, Sr.: Now, therefore, be it

  Strike all that follows after the resolving clause and insert 
the following:

That the House of Representatives--
          (1) acknowledges that police officers and other law 
        enforcement personnel, especially those who have made 
        the ultimate sacrifice, should be remembered and 
        honored;
          (2) expresses unwavering support for law enforcement 
        officers across the United States in the pursuit of 
        preserving safe and secure communities;
          (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law 
        enforcement officers have the equipment, training, and 
        resources that are necessary in order to protect the 
        health and safety of the officers while the officers 
        protect the public;
          (4) recognizes the law enforcement community for 
        continual unseen acts of sacrifice and heroism; and
          (5) expresses condolences and solemn appreciation to 
        the loved ones of each law enforcement officer who has 
        made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
    Amend the title so as to read:
    Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in 
the line of duty.

                          Purpose and Summary

    H. Res. 363, introduced by Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), 
expresses support for recognizing ``National Police Week'' and 
honors those law enforcement officers killed in the line of 
duty in 2022, and those officers who died in prior years but 
whose stories were recovered during 2022.

                Background and Need for the Legislation

    According to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), a total 
of 331 law enforcement officers were shot across the country in 
2022, a 6% increase from 2020.\1\ This total was slightly down 
from 2021, when a record 346 officers were shot and 63 
killed.\2\ Of the officers who were shot in the line of duty, 
62 were killed--up 32% from 2020.\3\ When asked about what 
caused the uptick in violence, Patrick Yoes, the President of 
the FOP stated, ``[t]his past year has been one of the most 
dangerous years for law enforcement in recent history due to 
the increase of violence directed towards law enforcement 
officers as well as the nationwide crime crisis, which has seen 
criminals emboldened by the failed policies of pandering 
prosecutors and cynical politicians.''\4\ He also argued more 
deaths were caused by ``an open border, rogue DAs, activist 
judges, a revolving door criminal justice system, and generally 
a society that tells people you're no longer accountable for 
your own actions.''\5\
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    \1\Melissa Klein, More than 330 cops shot across the country in 
2022, police group says, New York Post (Jan. 14, 2023), https://
nypost.com/2023/01/14/how-many-police-officers-were-shot-
nationwide-in-2022/.
    \2\Id. 
    \3\Id. 
    \4\Id. 
    \5\Ashley Carnahan, 2022 saw disturbing increase in law enforcement 
fatalities: `A culture of lawlessness has gripped the country' Fox News 
(Jan. 15, 2023), https://www.foxnews.com/media/2022-saw-disturbing-
increase-law-enforcement-fatalities-culture-lawlessness-gripped-
country.
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    The anti-law enforcement sentiments espoused by politicians 
and activities in recent years are having a negative ripple 
effect throughout the country, resulting in both ambush-style 
attacks on officers as well as targeted attacks.\6\ In 
Baltimore, after the death of an officer shot while sitting in 
her patrol car, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison stated 
that, ``There is an overall climate now that is very anti-
police, which adds a different angle to what used to happen 
periodically to police in the past years . . . . The anti-
police climate would surge after a high-profile case, and 
usually after a month or so it would subside. But right now, 
we're talking about over a year of high-profile, anti-police 
coverage.''\7\
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    \6\Josh Campbell, Police are being ambushed, killed across the 
nation, law enforcement group says, KKTV.Com. (Oct. 17, 2022). https://
www.kktv.com/2022/10/17/police-are-being-ambushed-killed-across-nation-
law-enforcement-group-says/.
    \7\Emma Tucker, Intentional killings of law enforcement officers 
reach 20-year high, FBI says, Cnn (Jan. 13, 2022) https://www.cnn.com/
2022/01/13/us/police-officers-line-of-duty-deaths/index.html.
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    In October of last year, following two years of increases 
in attacks on law enforcement, Philadelphia Police Commissioner 
Danielle Outlaw stated, ``I'm outraged. I'm disgusted. I'm 
wondering where the level of outrage and upset is outside of 
the law enforcement community . . . Right now things are wrong 
because the level of violence that we're seeing against our law 
enforcement officers is just beyond outrageous.''\8\ State and 
national officials and organizations across the country are 
echoing the same concerns and raising the same alarms: law 
enforcement officers are in grave danger and few outside law 
enforcement seem to want to help.\9\
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    \8\Eric Levenson and Josh Campbell, Shootings of police officers 
highlight a rise in violence and distrust, Cnn (Oct. 17, 2022), https:/
/www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/us/police-violence-ambush-attack/index.html.
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    H. Res. 363 recognizes and honors the law enforcement 
officers killed in the line of duty during 2022, and law 
enforcement officers killed in previously years but whose 
stories were recovered during 2022. The resolution expresses 
support for law enforcement officers across the United States, 
recognizes their acts of sacrifice and heroism, and expresses 
condolences to the family and loved ones of those law 
enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty. 
Following years of rising animosity and violence towards law 
enforcement officers, H. Res. 363 makes clear that the House of 
Representatives believes that law enforcement officers should 
be honored for their contribution to keeping our communities 
safe.

                                Hearings

    For the purposes of clause 3(c)(6)(A) of House rule XIII, 
the following hearing was used to develop H. Res. 363 before 
the Committee on the Judiciary: ``Victims of Violent Crime in 
Manhattan,'' a hearing held on April 17, 2023, before the House 
Judiciary Committee. The Committee heard testimony from the 
following witnesses:
           Madeline Brame, Chairwoman of the Victims 
        Rights Reform Council and mother of a homicide victim;
           Jose Alba, Former Manhattan bodega clerk and 
        victim of assault in Manhattan;
           Jennifer Harrison, Founder of Victim's 
        Rights New York;
           Paul Digiacomo, President of the New York 
        Police Department Detectives' Endowment Association;
           Barry Borgen, Father of a victim of anti-
        Semitic attack in Manhattan;
           Robert F. Holden, New York City Council 
        Member;
           Jim Kessler, Executive Vice President for 
        Policy, Third Way; and
           Rebecca Fischer, Executive Director. New 
        Yorkers Against Gun Violence.
    During this hearing, held in New York, New York, the 
Committee heard directly from victims of violent crime in 
Manhattan. The Committee also heard testimony from the 
Detectives Endowment Association (DEA) President Paul DiGiacomo 
about the threats facing his fellow law enforcement officers, 
including two NYPD officers who were killed in the line of 
duty.

                        Committee Consideration

    On May 10, 2023, the Committee met in open session and 
ordered the bill, H. Res. 363, favorably reported with 
amendments, by voice vote, a quorum being present.

                            Committee Votes

    In compliance with clause 3(b) of House rule XIII, the 
Committee states that no recorded votes were taken during 
consideration of H. Res. 363.

                      Committee Oversight Findings

    In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of House rule XIII, the 
Committee advises that the findings and recommendations of the 
Committee, based on oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) 
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, are 
incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report.

               New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures

    With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and with respect 
to the requirements of clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives and section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has requested 
but not received a cost estimate for this bill from the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office. The Committee has 
requested but not received from the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office a statement as to whether this bill 
contains any new budget authority, spending authority, credit 
authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax 
expenditures. The Chairman of the Committee shall cause such 
estimate and statement to be printed in the Congressional 
Record upon its receipt by the Committee.

               Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate

    With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, a cost 
estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant 
to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was not 
made available to the Committee in time for the filing of this 
report. The Chairman of the Committee shall cause such estimate 
to be printed in the Congressional Record upon its receipt by 
the Committee.

                Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects

    With respect to the requirements of clause 3(d)(1) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee adopts as its own the cost estimate prepared by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                    Duplication of Federal Programs

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of House rule XIII, no provision 
of H. Res. 363 establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 
federal government known to be duplicative of another federal 
program.

                    Performance Goals and Objectives

    The Committee states that pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of 
House rule XIII, H. Res. 363 honors those law enforcement 
officers killed in the line of duty in 2022, and those officers 
who died in prior years but whose stories were recovered during 
2022.

                          Advisory on Earmarks

    In accordance with clause 9 of House rule XXI, H. Res. 363 
does not contain any congressional earmarks, limited tax 
benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in clauses 
9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of House rule XXI.

                       Federal Mandates Statement

    An estimate of federal mandates prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget office pursuant to section 423 of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act was not made available to the 
Committee in time for the filing of this report. The Chairman 
of the Committee shall cause such estimate to be printed in the 
Congressional Record upon its receipt by the Committee.

                      Advisory Committee Statement

    No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this 
legislation.

                  Applicability to Legislative Branch

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to 
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Pub. L. 104-
1).

                      Section-by-Section Analysis

    This resolution recognizes the countless law enforcement 
officers who serve their communities with valor, dignity, and 
integrity, explains the history behind Peace Officers Memorial 
Day and National Police Week, and lists 556 law enforcement 
officers killed in the line of duty during 2022, or were killed 
in previous years but whose stories were recovered in 2022.
    The resolution expresses support for law enforcement 
officers, recognizes the needs of law enforcement officers and 
their sacrifice and heroism, and honors fallen officers and 
expresses condolences to the loved ones of fallen officers.

                            Additional Views

    I support passage of H. Res. 363, ``Expressing support for 
recognizing `National Police Week,''' which provides that 
Congress supports recognition of National Police Week, which 
includes Peace Officers Memorial Day that honors law 
enforcement officers killed, disabled, or otherwise injured in 
the line of duty.
    I write separately to urge my colleagues to emphasize that 
while Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2023 honors 556 law 
enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, 224 officers 
were killed in 2022 and 332 officers died in previous years--
prior to 2022.
    H. Res. 363 provides that Congress supports recognition of 
National Police Week and the efforts of all law enforcement in 
keeping communities across the country safe and secure; lists 
by name 556 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty 
and whose stories were recovered during 2022; recognizes the 
need to ensure that officers have the equipment, training, and 
resources necessary to keep them safe; recognizes law 
enforcement for their sacrifices and heroism; acknowledges the 
need to remember and honor officers and personnel killed in the 
line of duty and expresses condolences and appreciation to 
their loved ones; and encourages Americans to observe National 
Police Week by honoring law enforcement personnel and promoting 
awareness of their service to their communities and the 
country.
    Today there are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement 
officers serving in the United States. From responding to 911 
calls to investigating wrongdoing, to securing our public 
spaces, law enforcement officers are called upon to help 
Americans in their greatest times of need. Each day, in every 
corner of the country, these brave men and women risk their 
lives to keep the peace and keep us safe.
    Sadly, each year, the National Law Enforcement Officers 
Memorial must bear the names of more fallen heroes who have 
given their last full measure of devotion to the communities 
they swore to protect and serve. Although the number is 556 
this year, not all of those named were killed in 2022. 224 
officers were killed in 2022 and 332 officers, whose stories 
were uncovered in 2022, were killed in previous years. Some 
gave their lives in service to their communities as far back as 
1857.
    While every officer named in H. Res. 363 deserves respect 
and their families are owed both gratitude and sympathies, it 
is important to make clear that the country did not suffer the 
loss of more than 500 law enforcement officers for a second, 
consecutive year. The country is still reeling from the loss of 
586 officers who died in the line of duty almost entirely 
because of COVID-19 in 2021. But last year, of the 224 officers 
killed in the line of duty, 70 officers died after contracting 
the disease while carrying out their official duties. That is 
down from 405 officers in 2021--a decrease of 83 percent--
despite COVID-19 remaining the number one cause of law 
enforcement death in 2022. And although America's law 
enforcement officers continue to battle the effects of the 
pandemic, it is important to emphasize that there has been a 
significant reduction in such deaths--due in part to reduced 
infection rates and the widespread availability and use of 
vaccinations.
    It is important to acknowledge those officers who have been 
killed in the line of duty. And just as law enforcement 
officers are called upon to keep Americans safe from harm, 
Congress must also work to make their jobs safer. That is why 
it is equally important to understand fully and accurately the 
challenges law enforcement officers are currently facing so 
that Congress can ensure that officers have the equipment, 
training, resources, and support they need to remain healthy 
and safe while they endeavor to keep Americans safe--as the 
resolution recognizes. And just as H. Res. 363 notes that law 
enforcement officers across the United States serve with valor, 
dignity, and integrity, Congress must do the same--preserving 
the public's trust in the integrity of Congress--by legislating 
with specificity and transparency. For each of these reasons, 
Representative Jackson Lee offered an amendment to clarify that 
of the 556 law enforcement officers honored this year, 224 
officers were killed in the line of duty in 2022 and the 
remaining 332 officers, whose stories were recovered during 
2022, were killed in previous years. The amendment passed by 
voice vote.
    H. Res. 363 rightfully recognizes National Police Week and 
honors law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. 
While it is important to acknowledge the sacrifices made by 
these officers and their families, it is equally important that 
Congress does so with clarity so as not to mislead the public 
or misrepresent the needs of law enforcement agencies across 
the country.

                                            Jerrold Nadler,
                                                    Ranking Member.

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