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Union Calendar No. 450
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5302
[Report No. 118–542, Part I]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 29, 2023Mrs. González-Colón (for herself, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Ms. Salazar, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
June 7, 2024Additional sponsors: Mr. Waltz, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Correa, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Luttrell, and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana
June 7, 2024Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security
June 7, 2024Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To designate the Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Michel O. Maceda Memorial Act.
2.
Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1) Marine Interdiction Agent Michel O. Maceda served honorably in the United States Army as a wheeled vehicle mechanic prior to joining the United States Border Patrol as an Agent in Douglas, Arizona, in April 2016.
(2) Agent Maceda became a Marine Interdiction Agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, in 2021.
(3) On November 17, 2022, Agent Maceda and 2 other agents were conducting a drug interdiction stop off the coast of Puerto Rico, during which the agents boarded the target vessel.
(4) During the stop, Agent Maceda was mortally wounded when 1 of the occupants of the vessel shot the boarding agents with a firearm.
(5) Agent Maceda is survived by his daughter, brother, and parents.
3.
Designation
The Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, shall forever be known and designated as the Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit.
4.
References
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the marine unit referred to in section 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit.
June 7, 2024Reported from the Committee on Homeland SecurityJune 7, 2024Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed