,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #ah1 #bjah ,mr4 ,nelson 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4       
,casey1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mrs4      
,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 
,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4        
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,peters1  
,mr4 ,booker1 and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7     
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,marking  
#a year since the landfall of ,hurricane
 ,maria in ,puerto ,rico and the ,united
 ,states ,virgin ,islands4  ,whereas1 on
 ,september #bj1 #bjag1 ,hurricane      
,maria passed through the ,united       
,states ,virgin ,islands as a category  
#e hurricane and made landfall in       
,puerto ,rico as a category #d          
hurricane1 causing significant          
devastation across those islands2       
,whereas the people of ,puerto ,rico and
 the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands   

have shown an incredible and resilient  
spirit in rebuilding after their record 
losses2 ,whereas ,hurricane ,maria      
contributed to an estimated #b1ige      
deaths in ,puerto ,rico2 ,whereas the   
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration estimates that          
,hurricane ,maria caused an estimated   
#ij1jjj1jjj1jjj in damage to ,puerto    
,rico and the ,united ,states ,virgin   
,islands1 making ,hurricane ,maria the  
third-costliest hurricane in ,united    
,states history2 ,whereas1 as a result  
of ,hurricane ,maria-- 7#a7 #c1cjj1jjj  
residents of ,puerto ,rico were left    
without electrical power2  7#b7 #ie     
percent of cellular sites were knocked  
out2  7#c7 #hj percent of water service 
was inoperable2 and  7#d7 thousands of  
,puerto ,ricans were displaced from     
their homes and relocated to the        
mainland ,united ,states2  ,whereas     
significant challenges remain in        
recovery and rebuilding efforts in      
,puerto ,rico #a year after ,hurricane  

,maria hit2 ,whereas ,congress          
appropriated billions of dollars with   
the specific purpose of directly helping
 the citizens of ,puerto ,rico to       
rebuild their lives in the aftermath of 
the hurricane2 ,whereas the electrical  
grid on the island of ,puerto ,rico     
remains unreliable and susceptible to   
intermittent brownouts and blackouts2   
and ,whereas many ,puerto ,ricans       
continue to be displaced without access 
to permanent housing both on the island 
of ,puerto ,rico and on the mainland3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate-- 7#a7 recognizes that          
,september #bj1 #bjah1 marks #a year    
since the landfall of ,hurricane ,maria 
in ,puerto ,rico2  7#b7 honors the      
victims who lost their lives due to     
,hurricane ,maria2  7#c7 commends the   
resiliency of those still rebuilding    
their lives after ,hurricane ,maria2    
7#d7 recognizes the continued challenges
 facing ,puerto ,rico and the ,united   
,states ,virgin ,islands in the wake of 

,hurricane ,maria2  7#e7 commits to     
ensuring that survivors of ,hurricane   
,maria have adequate resources to       
continue the recovery process2  7#f7    
extols the work of first responders and 
citizens who contributed to saving      
countless lives in the aftermath of     
,hurricane ,maria2 and  7#g7 reaffirms  
the commitment of the ,senate to support
 the people of ,puerto ,rico and the    
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands as they
 continue to rebuild and recover from   
the devastation of ,hurricane ,maria4