[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


Public Law 115-81
115th Congress

An Act


 
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''. <>

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

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in section 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Javier Vega, Jr.
Border Patrol Checkpoint''.

Approved November 2, 2017.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1617:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):
Aug. 3, considered and passed House.
Oct. 10, considered and passed Senate.