Honoring the life and military and public service of Colonel Lindsey O. Graham, United States Air Force Reserve (Retired), late Senator from South Carolina, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Judge Advocate General's School of the United States Air Force should be renamed in his honor.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1433 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1433

Honoring the life and military and public service of Colonel Lindsey O. 
 Graham, United States Air Force Reserve (Retired), late Senator from 
       South Carolina, and expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Judge Advocate General's School of the United 
            States Air Force should be renamed in his honor.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2026

 Mr. Fuller submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on House Administration

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

 
Honoring the life and military and public service of Colonel Lindsey O. 
 Graham, United States Air Force Reserve (Retired), late Senator from 
       South Carolina, and expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Judge Advocate General's School of the United 
            States Air Force should be renamed in his honor.

Whereas Lindsey Olin Graham was born on July 9, 1955, in Central, South 
        Carolina;
Whereas, in 1982, Lindsey Graham was commissioned as a judge advocate in the 
        United States Air Force, serving on active duty as a defense attorney 
        and, from 1984 to 1988, as the Air Force's chief prosecutor for Europe 
        at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany;
Whereas Lindsey Graham continued his military legal career in the South Carolina 
        Air National Guard from 1989 to 1995 and thereafter in the United States 
        Air Force Reserve, including a recall to active duty as a judge advocate 
        during the Persian Gulf War;
Whereas Lindsey Graham deployed in support of overseas contingency operations, 
        including service in Iraq in 2007 and in Afghanistan in 2009, providing 
        legal counsel on detainee affairs, rule-of-law, and operational law 
        matters;
Whereas, in 2014, Lindsey Graham was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for 
        meritorious service as a senior legal advisor to the United States Air 
        Force in Iraq and Afghanistan from August 2009 to July 2014;
Whereas Lindsey Graham retired from the United States Air Force Reserve in 2015 
        at the rank of colonel, culminating more than 33 years of military 
        service to the United States;
Whereas Lindsey Graham was elected to the United States House of Representatives 
        in 1994 and to the United States Senate in 2002, and represented the 
        people of South Carolina in the Senate from January 3, 2003, until his 
        death, including service as Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary 
        from 2019 to 2021 and as Chairman of the Committee on the Budget from 
        2025 until his death;
Whereas, throughout his military and public service, Lindsey Graham was a 
        steadfast advocate for the members of the Judge Advocate General's Corps 
        and for the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, and he drew 
        upon his experience as a judge advocate to inform decades of legislative 
        work on military justice, national defense, and the rule of law;
Whereas Lindsey Graham died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 71, while still 
        serving the people of South Carolina in the United States Senate;
Whereas the Judge Advocate General's School of the United States Air Force, 
        located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is charged with educating 
        and training the officers of the Air Force Judge Advocate General's 
        Corps in whose ranks Lindsey Graham served with distinction; and
Whereas it is fitting and proper that the institution responsible for training 
        the next generation of Air Force judge advocates bear the name of one of 
        its most distinguished alumni and lifelong champions: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the life, military service, and public service 
        of Colonel Lindsey O. Graham, United States Air Force Reserve 
        (Retired), and extends its deepest condolences to his family, 
        friends, and staff;
            (2) expresses the sense of the House of Representatives 
        that the Judge Advocate General's School of the United States 
        Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, should be renamed 
        and designated as ``The Colonel Lindsey O. Graham Judge 
        Advocate General's School'' in recognition of his decades of 
        service as a judge advocate and as a United States Senator on 
        behalf of the Armed Forces;
            (3) urges the Secretary of the Air Force to take all 
        administrative action necessary and appropriate to effect such 
        redesignation, and expresses the intent of the House of 
        Representatives to enact any legislation necessary to 
        accomplish the renaming; and
            (4) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
        transmit a copy of this resolution to the family of Colonel 
        Lindsey O. Graham, to the Secretary of Defense, and to the 
        Secretary of the Air Force.
                                 <all>