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MEMORIALIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

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On 2026-05-12, Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8) delivered a floor speech titled "MEMORIALIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY" in the House.

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MEMORIALIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 80 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)] [House] [Pages H3362-H3364] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MEMORIALIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY Mr. KNOTT. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1252) resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1252 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, 2026, honors the 363 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and whose stories were recovered during 2025, including-- (1) Shawn Nixon; (2) Joe Keith; (3) Mark A Meadows; (4) James Phillips; (5) Gabriel M Facio; (6) Shawn A Braaten; (7) Alec J Sanders; (8) Samuel S Riveros; (9) Joshua L Byrd; (10) Terry D Long; (11) Lauren A Craven; (12) Charles Crow; (13) Shiou L Deng; (14) Osmar E Rodarte-Paez; (15) Dennis Haley; (16) Joshua R Kelley-Eklund; (17) Victor M Lemus; (18) William C Osborn; (19) Noah H Rader; (20) Timothy B Corlew; (21) Hector A Cuevas Jr; (22) Andrew Nunez; (23) Frank T Linehan; (24) Dennis F Kelly; (25) Matthew T Snook; (26) Andres J Lahera; (27) Jeremy H Cassady; (28) Craig A Gaines; (29) Terri J Sweeting-Mashkow; (30) David A Cajuso; (31) Devin M Jaramillo; (32) Alton D Berrian; (33) Alan I Reffsin; (34) William P T May; (35) Luther T Howard; (36) Charles A Vick; (37) Brandon R Sikes; (38) David R Rose; (39) Patrick J Lappin; (40) Jeremy R Labonte; (41) Earnest L Hall; (42) Helio A Garcia III; (43) James A Carter; (44) Suzanne O; (45) John F Abt; (46) Kazmer Andrushis; (47) Walter Bermingham; (48) Charles C Bishop; (49) James P Clarke; (50) William Clifford; (51) Cornelius Cominskey; (52) Daniel Coughlin; (53) William E Eimstad; (54) Benjamin F Devlin; (55) John J Fetscher; (56) Henry E Gorman; (57) Oscar Hallen; (58) Timothy L Haynes; (59) Clarence Hofheinz; (60) Alex Johnson; (61) Lars M Larson; (62) Edward J Madden; (63) Thomas A Mahoney; (64) John Malone; (65) Michael J Mooney; (66) James Wilson; (67) Patrick Forde; (68) George A Gall; (69) Frank Tatousek; (70) Maurice F Kain; (71) Jaroslav J Janecek; (72) Jeremiah O'dwyer; (73) Krystal Rivera; (74) Charles G Schuler; (75) John H Singleman; (76) Andrew Sullivan; (77) Richard Thompson; (78) Rudolph Tuerk; (79) John Joseph Walsh; (80) Glenn T Whallon; (81) Timothy M Jones; (82) George Fries; (83) Charles Chandler; (84) William Otis Peebles; (85) Roy James Tipton; (86) Blake A Reynolds; (87) John C Stahl III; (88) Charles Lodine; (89) Augustus C Becker; (90) Reuben Fenstermaker; (91) Robert W Coulter; (92) Samuel S Cronk; (93) Samuel H Hamilton; (94) James W Busby; (95) Elmer J Lennon; (96) John Kerr Myers; (97) Charles Loucks; (98) Scott W Heimann; (99) Hunter L Simoncic; (100) Frank L Stone; (101) Brandon P Gaede; (102) Elijah L Ming; (103) George Ramirez; (104) Frank Beard Bell; (105) James Duncan Stevens; (106) Millard Brock; (107) Fred Cole; (108) Caleb M Eisworth; (109) Charles W Riley; (110) Joseph J Lyons; (111) Allen J Credeur Jr; (112) Grant J Candies; (113) Marc T Brock; (114) Brenda J Lowery; (115) Edward E Ivey Jr; (116) Joshua T Kingsley; (117) Kelvin O Patrick; (118) Rhonda E Morris; (119) Shannon A Wright; (120) John Craig; (121) Richard E Legler; (122) Felicia D Reilly; (123) Martin L Shields Jr; (124) Bryan A Pippin; (125) Joshua A Brashears; (126) Eddie A Mays; (127) Horry M Fish; (128) Henry J R Franklin; (129) Robert George Fitzpatrick; (130) James Arthur Meeks; (131) James Harvey Ray; (132) Kyle J McAacy; (133) Jason P Roscow; (134) Augustus B Farmer; (135) Allen Palmer; (136) Thomas J Ennis; (137) Andrew Carlson; (138) Joseph H Riedl; (139) Joseph Peto; (140) Lee E Hendrickson; (141) Steven C Tiboni; (142) Peter F Bruncati; (143) William A Casey; (144) Joseph A Azcona; (145) John P Patrick; (146) Timothy S Ontiveros; (147) Cipriano Bustamante; (148) Antonio D Aleman; (149) John Jones; (150) Patrick W Franzone; (151) Kathleen M Radziunas; (152) William G Krupa; (153) Kevin D Nuckel; (154) Abraham Cruz III; (155) Albert Morabito; (156) Alfredo Varela; (157) Annmarie Smith; (158) Clarence E Word III; (159) David Portalatin; (160) David E LaJoie; (161) David P Miller Jr; (162) Denise A Jones; (163) Dennis Vitelli; (164) Dennis P Gallagher; (165) Didarul Islam; (166) Ercan Aydin; (167) Frank J Debenedetto; (168) Gerard Connors; (169) James G Becker; (170) James J Motto Sr; (171) James R Vanacore; (172) Jeffrey I Montenegro; (173) Joseph J Esposito; (174) Joseph J Panarese; (175) Kevin G Hanley; (176) Marc F Lotter; (177) Maruja Clark; (178) Michael A Pisano; (179) Michael O McEntee; (180) Norman J Kunze; (181) Philip A Cammarata; [[Page H3363]] (182) Raymond R Newcomb; (183) Richard Teemsma; (184) Richard T Handibode Jr; (185) Robert A Nobile; (186) Robert G Porfert; (187) Robert S Fawcett; (188) Robert T Ranno; (189) Sandro J Rizzotti; (190) Steven Ringe; (191) Timothy J Keane; (192) Vincent J Caruana; (193) Vincent N Carney; (194) William T McCabe; (195) Bret W Martin; (196) Frederick W Scheidt Jr; (197) Mark A Ondus; (198) Michael E Snell; (199) Steven W Greene; (200) Thomas K Herrick; (201) Joseph F Murray Jr; (202) Arthur D Ramsey; (203) Frank J Hagan; (204) Francisco P Flattes II; (205) Mark D Laskowski; (206) Roger L Smith; (207) John W Fogwell; (208) Larry R Henderson Jr; (209) Phillip C Wagner; (210) D Weston Sherrer; (211) John C Wagner; (212) Thomas H Bayless; (213) Peter D Andre; (214) Lon W Boring; (215) William J Minyoung; (216) Lorin B James; (217) Grover C Sanderson; (218) Nicholas P Cayton; (219) Thomas A Duran; (220) Clint D Lawrence; (221) Meagan Rose Burke; (222) Kenneth W Stump; (223) Ronald K Jackson; (224) Steven D Rozell; (225) David Claude Hines; (226) Arthur S Hubbard; (227) Domenico A Natale; (228) George Krouch; (229) Isaiah D Emenheiser; (230) Mark E Baker; (231) Cody M Becker; (232) Benjamin Kauffman; (233) Benjamin Kine; (234) Charles Barnes; (235) Charles H Kelley; (236) Charles R Weber; (237) Dorland Midgett; (238) Edward Donnelly; (239) Edward J McCaffrey; (240) Francis J Robinson; (241) Frederick Hofmann Jr; (242) Frederick Winters; (243) George E Garnett; (244) George M Storey; (245) Harry H Morton Sr; (246) Herman J Spreng; (247) Howard H Jolly; (248) James Orr; (249) John McManus; (250) John E B Robinson; (251) Mary Cannon; (252) Michael E Shortall; (253) Michael J Coleman; (254) Patrick J Whalen; (255) Robert H Elliott; (256) Robert John Bell; (257) Thomas McAnally; (258) Thomas Wiley; (259) Thomas J Ferguson; (260) William Culbertson; (261) William E Lacy; (262) William F McMenamin; (263) Alexander R McCloskey; (264) Charles B Morrison; (265) James A Dorsey; (266) James Ambrose McCormick; (267) John D Richey; (268) John Henry Schneider; (269) Ralph T Harper; (270) Robert Sinclair; (271) Thomas F McVerry; (272) Andrew J Hedrick; (273) Charles R Shipe; (274) Edward S Mauger; (275) Edwin Mondeau; (276) Elmer P Anthony; (277) George Albert; (278) George S Anderson; (279) Harry F Bierer; (280) James Corcoran; (281) John H Harenski; (282) John P Weitzel; (283) Martin R Pluter; (284) Moses Leininger; (285) Peter B Hoarty; (286) Robert W Mason Jr; (287) Samuel Norman; (288) Walter H Gant; (289) William A O Cratty; (290) Andrew W Duarte; (291) Richard Carchia; (292) F Devin Mason; (293) Nathaniel M Ansay; (294) Will G Durant; (295) Michael Charles Wood; (296) Dennis D Ricks Jr; (297) Mark S Reynolds; (298) Justin B Mowery; (299) James F Hood; (300) Hugh W Carlen; (301) Jonathan D White Jr; (302) Jesus Vargas; (303) Ruben Garcia; (304) Jessie R Perez; (305) John C Hamm; (306) Alex D Roberts; (307) Gary L Crawford; (308) Mark A Butler; (309) Jerry W Adamick Jr; (310) Melissa L Pollard; (311) Charles W Mair; (312) Eric Estrada; (313) Lee D Sorensen; (314) Donald R Gotthardt Jr; (315) Raymond Shacklock; (316) Cameron R Girvin; (317) Christopher M L Reese; (318) Jeremy L Hall; (319) Charles F Headley; (320) John F Shank; (321) C Ed Ray; (322) Lewis H Jacobs; (323) Kenneth B Salas; (324) Tara-Marysa M Guting; (325) Kendall I Corder; (326) Joshua A LaForge; (327) Daniel C Hansen; (328) Sarah D Beckstrom; (329) Dennis M Wagner Jr; (330) Donald R Kleber; (331) Marvin Risen; (332) Todd L Spiker; (333) Marc A Fischer; (334) Eric Cespedes; (335) David C Maland; (336) Jonathan J Campos; (337) Lavalle F Van Etten; (338) Almon P Frederick; (339) Michael Rice; (340) Chastity M Budwig; (341) Jerome A Ciereszewski; (342) Frederick G Smith; (343) William F

Referenced legislation: HRES1252, HRES1252

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MEMORIALIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 80 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)] [House] [Pages H3362-H3364] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MEMORIALIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY Mr. KNOTT. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1252) resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1252 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, 2026, honors the 363 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and whose stories were recovered during 2025, including-- (1) Shawn Nixon; (2) Joe Keith; (3) Mark A Meadows; (4) James Phillips; (5) Gabriel M Facio; (6) Shawn A Braaten; (7) Alec J Sanders; (8) Samuel S Riveros; (9) Joshua L Byrd; (10) Terry D Long; (11) Lauren A Craven; (12) Charles Crow; (13) Shiou L Deng; (14) Osmar E Rodarte-Paez; (15) Dennis Haley; (16) Joshua R Kelley-Eklund; (17) Victor M Lemus; (18) William C Osborn; (19) Noah H Rader; (20) Timothy B Corlew; (21) Hector A Cuevas Jr; (22) Andrew Nunez; (23) Frank T Linehan; (24) Dennis F Kelly; (25) Matthew T Snook; (26) Andres J Lahera; (27) Jeremy H Cassady; (28) Craig A Gaines; (29) Terri J Sweeting-Mashkow; (30) David A Cajuso; (31) Devin M Jaramillo; (32) Alton D Berrian; (33) Alan I Reffsin; (34) William P T May; (35) Luther T Howard; (36) Charles A Vick; (37) Brandon R Sikes; (38) David R Rose; (39) Patrick J Lappin; (40) Jeremy R Labonte; (41) Earnest L Hall; (42) Helio A Garcia III; (43) James A Carter; (44) Suzanne O; (45) John F Abt; (46) Kazmer Andrushis; (47) Walter Bermingham; (48) Charles C Bishop; (49) James P Clarke; (50) William Clifford; (51) Cornelius Cominskey; (52) Daniel Coughlin; (53) William E Eimstad; (54) Benjamin F Devlin; (55) John J Fetscher; (56) Henry E Gorman; (57) Oscar Hallen; (58) Timothy L Haynes; (59) Clarence Hofheinz; (60) Alex Johnson; (61) Lars M Larson; (62) Edward J Madden; (63) Thomas A Mahoney; (64) John Malone; (65) Michael J Mooney; (66) James Wilson; (67) Patrick Forde; (68) George A Gall; (69) Frank Tatousek; (70) Maurice F Kain; (71) Jaroslav J Janecek; (72) Jeremiah O'dwyer; (73) Krystal Rivera; (74) Charles G Schuler; (75) John H Singleman; (76) Andrew Sullivan; (77) Richard Thompson; (78) Rudolph Tuerk; (79) John Joseph Walsh; (80) Glenn T Whallon; (81) Timothy M Jones; (82) George Fries; (83) Charles Chandler; (84) William Otis Peebles; (85) Roy James Tipton; (86) Blake A Reynolds; (87) John C Stahl III; (88) Charles Lodine; (89) Augustus C Becker; (90) Reuben Fenstermaker; (91) Robert W Coulter; (92) Samuel S Cronk; (93) Samuel H Hamilton; (94) James W Busby; (95) Elmer J Lennon; (96) John Kerr Myers; (97) Charles Loucks; (98) Scott W Heimann; (99) Hunter L Simoncic; (100) Frank L Stone; (101) Brandon P Gaede; (102) Elijah L Ming; (103) George Ramirez; (104) Frank Beard Bell; (105) James Duncan Stevens; (106) Millard Brock; (107) Fred Cole; (108) Caleb M Eisworth; (109) Charles W Riley; (110) Joseph J Lyons; (111) Allen J Credeur Jr; (112) Grant J Candies; (113) Marc T Brock; (114) Brenda J Lowery; (115) Edward E Ivey Jr; (116) Joshua T Kingsley; (117) Kelvin O Patrick; (118) Rhonda E Morris; (119) Shannon A Wright; (120) John Craig; (121) Richard E Legler; (122) Felicia D Reilly; (123) Martin L Shields Jr; (124) Bryan A Pippin; (125) Joshua A Brashears; (126) Eddie A Mays; (127) Horry M Fish; (128) Henry J R Franklin; (129) Robert George Fitzpatrick; (130) James Arthur Meeks; (131) James Harvey Ray; (132) Kyle J McAacy; (133) Jason P Roscow; (134) Augustus B Farmer; (135) Allen Palmer; (136) Thomas J Ennis; (137) Andrew Carlson; (138) Joseph H Riedl; (139) Joseph Peto; (140) Lee E Hendrickson; (141) Steven C Tiboni; (142) Peter F Bruncati; (143) William A Casey; (144) Joseph A Azcona; (145) John P Patrick; (146) Timothy S Ontiveros; (147) Cipriano Bustamante; (148) Antonio D Aleman; (149) John Jones; (150) Patrick W Franzone; (151) Kathleen M Radziunas; (152) William G Krupa; (153) Kevin D Nuckel; (154) Abraham Cruz III; (155) Albert Morabito; (156) Alfredo Varela; (157) Annmarie Smith; (158) Clarence E Word III; (159) David Portalatin; (160) David E LaJoie; (161) David P Miller Jr; (162) Denise A Jones; (163) Dennis Vitelli; (164) Dennis P Gallagher; (165) Didarul Islam; (166) Ercan Aydin; (167) Frank J Debenedetto; (168) Gerard Connors; (169) James G Becker; (170) James J Motto Sr; (171) James R Vanacore; (172) Jeffrey I Montenegro; (173) Joseph J Esposito; (174) Joseph J Panarese; (175) Kevin G Hanley; (176) Marc F Lotter; (177) Maruja Clark; (178) Michael A Pisano; (179) Michael O McEntee; (180) Norman J Kunze; (181) Philip A Cammarata; [[Page H3363]] (182) Raymond R Newcomb; (183) Richard Teemsma; (184) Richard T Handibode Jr; (185) Robert A Nobile; (186) Robert G Porfert; (187) Robert S Fawcett; (188) Robert T Ranno; (189) Sandro J Rizzotti; (190) Steven Ringe; (191) Timothy J Keane; (192) Vincent J Caruana; (193) Vincent N Carney; (194) William T McCabe; (195) Bret W Martin; (196) Frederick W Scheidt Jr; (197) Mark A Ondus; (198) Michael E Snell; (199) Steven W Greene; (200) Thomas K Herrick; (201) Joseph F Murray Jr; (202) Arthur D Ramsey; (203) Frank J Hagan; (204) Francisco P Flattes II; (205) Mark D Laskowski; (206) Roger L Smith; (207) John W Fogwell; (208) Larry R Henderson Jr; (209) Phillip C Wagner; (210) D Weston Sherrer; (211) John C Wagner; (212) Thomas H Bayless; (213) Peter D Andre; (214) Lon W Boring; (215) William J Minyoung; (216) Lorin B James; (217) Grover C Sanderson; (218) Nicholas P Cayton; (219) Thomas A Duran; (220) Clint D Lawrence; (221) Meagan Rose Burke; (222) Kenneth W Stump; (223) Ronald K Jackson; (224) Steven D Rozell; (225) David Claude Hines; (226) Arthur S Hubbard; (227) Domenico A Natale; (228) George Krouch; (229) Isaiah D Emenheiser; (230) Mark E Baker; (231) Cody M Becker; (232) Benjamin Kauffman; (233) Benjamin Kine; (234) Charles Barnes; (235) Charles H Kelley; (236) Charles R Weber; (237) Dorland Midgett; (238) Edward Donnelly; (239) Edward J McCaffrey; (240) Francis J Robinson; (241) Frederick Hofmann Jr; (242) Frederick Winters; (243) George E Garnett; (244) George M Storey; (245) Harry H Morton Sr; (246) Herman J Spreng; (247) Howard H Jolly; (248) James Orr; (249) John McManus; (250) John E B Robinson; (251) Mary Cannon; (252) Michael E Shortall; (253) Michael J Coleman; (254) Patrick J Whalen; (255) Robert H Elliott; (256) Robert John Bell; (257) Thomas McAnally; (258) Thomas Wiley; (259) Thomas J Ferguson; (260) William Culbertson; (261) William E Lacy; (262) William F McMenamin; (263) Alexander R McCloskey; (264) Charles B Morrison; (265) James A Dorsey; (266) James Ambrose McCormick; (267) John D Richey; (268) John Henry Schneider; (269) Ralph T Harper; (270) Robert Sinclair; (271) Thomas F McVerry; (272) Andrew J Hedrick; (273) Charles R Shipe; (274) Edward S Mauger; (275) Edwin Mondeau; (276) Elmer P Anthony; (277) George Albert; (278) George S Anderson; (279) Harry F Bierer; (280) James Corcoran; (281) John H Harenski; (282) John P Weitzel; (283) Martin R Pluter; (284) Moses Leininger; (285) Peter B Hoarty; (286) Robert W Mason Jr; (287) Samuel Norman; (288) Walter H Gant; (289) William A O Cratty; (290) Andrew W Duarte; (291) Richard Carchia; (292) F Devin Mason; (293) Nathaniel M Ansay; (294) Will G Durant; (295) Michael Charles Wood; (296) Dennis D Ricks Jr; (297) Mark S Reynolds; (298) Justin B Mowery; (299) James F Hood; (300) Hugh W Carlen; (301) Jonathan D White Jr; (302) Jesus Vargas; (303) Ruben Garcia; (304) Jessie R Perez; (305) John C Hamm; (306) Alex D Roberts; (307) Gary L Crawford; (308) Mark A Butler; (309) Jerry W Adamick Jr; (310) Melissa L Pollard; (311) Charles W Mair; (312) Eric Estrada; (313) Lee D Sorensen; (314) Donald R Gotthardt Jr; (315) Raymond Shacklock; (316) Cameron R Girvin; (317) Christopher M L Reese; (318) Jeremy L Hall; (319) Charles F Headley; (320) John F Shank; (321) C Ed Ray; (322) Lewis H Jacobs; (323) Kenneth B Salas; (324) Tara-Marysa M Guting; (325) Kendall I Corder; (326) Joshua A LaForge; (327) Daniel C Hansen; (328) Sarah D Beckstrom; (329) Dennis M Wagner Jr; (330) Donald R Kleber; (331) Marvin Risen; (332) Todd L Spiker; (333) Marc A Fischer; (334) Eric Cespedes; (335) David C Maland; (336) Jonathan J Campos; (337) Lavalle F Van Etten; (338) Almon P Frederick; (339) Michael Rice; (340) Chastity M Budwig; (341) Jerome A Ciereszewski; (342) Frederick G Smith; (343) William F Referenced legislation: HRES1252, HRES1252