[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 229--DESIGNATING JULY 26, 2015, AS ``UNITED STATES
INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS DAY''
Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Blunt, Mr. Risch, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Rubio, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Cotton, and Ms. Hirono)
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Res. 229
Whereas on July 26, 1908, Attorney General Charles
Bonaparte ordered newly-hired Federal investigators to report
to the Office of the Chief Examiner of the Department of
Justice, which subsequently was renamed the Federal Bureau of
Investigation;
Whereas on July 26, 1947, President Truman signed the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.),
creating the Department of Defense, the National Security
Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, thereby laying the foundation for today's
intelligence community;
Whereas the National Security Act of 1947, which appears in
title 50 of the United States Code, governs the definition,
composition, responsibilities, authorities, and oversight of
the intelligence community of the United States;
Whereas the intelligence community is defined by section
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))
to include the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National
Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National
Reconnaissance Office, other offices within the Department of
Defense for the collection of specialized national
intelligence through reconnaissance programs, the
intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force,
the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the
Department of Energy, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
of the Department of State, the Office of Intelligence and
Analysis of the Department of the Treasury, the elements of
the Department of Homeland Security concerned with the
analysis of intelligence information, and other elements as
may be designated;
Whereas July 26, 2015, is the 68th anniversary of the
signing of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001
et seq.);
Whereas the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458; 118 Stat. 3638) created the
position of the Director of National Intelligence to serve as
the head of the intelligence community and to ensure that
national intelligence be timely, objective, independent of
political considerations, and based upon all sources
available;
Whereas Congress has previously passed joint resolutions,
signed by the President, to designate Peace Officers Memorial
Day on May 15, Patriot Day on September 11, and other
commemorative occasions, to honor the sacrifices of law
enforcement officers and of those who lost their lives on
September 11, 2001;
Whereas the United States has increasingly relied upon the
men and women of the intelligence community to protect and
defend the security of the United States in the decade since
the attacks of September 11, 2001;
Whereas the men and women of the intelligence community,
both civilian and military, have been increasingly called
upon to deploy to theaters of war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and
elsewhere since September 11, 2001;
Whereas numerous intelligence officers of the elements of
the intelligence community have been injured or killed in the
line of duty;
Whereas intelligence officers of the United States are
routinely called upon to accept personal hardship and
sacrifice in the furtherance of their mission to protect the
United States, to undertake dangerous assignments in the
defense of the interests of the United States, to collect
reliable information within prescribed legal authorities upon
which the leaders of the United States rely in life-and-death
situations, and to ``speak truth to power.'' by providing
their best assessments to decision makers, regardless of
political and policy considerations;
Whereas the men and women of the intelligence community
have on numerous occasions succeeded in preventing attacks
upon the United States and allies of the United States,
saving numerous innocent lives; and
Whereas intelligence officers of the United States must of
necessity often remain unknown and unrecognized for their
substantial achievements and successes: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) designates July 26, 2015, as ``United States
Intelligence Professionals Day'';
(2) acknowledges the courage, fidelity, sacrifice, and
professionalism of the men and women of the intelligence
community of the United States; and
(3) encourages the people of the United States to observe
this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS DAY
Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 229, submitted earlier today.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A resolution (S. Res. 229) designating July 26, 2015, as
``United States Intelligence Professionals Day.''
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
resolution.
Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no
intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The resolution (S. Res. 229) was agreed to.
The preamble was agreed to.
(The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')
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