[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 595 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 595
Designating July 26, 2018, as ``United States Intelligence
Professionals Day''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 26, 2018
Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Risch, Mr.
Wyden, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Blunt, Mr.
Manchin, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Harris, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Cornyn)
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Designating July 26, 2018, as ``United States Intelligence
Professionals Day''.
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, 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 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003) 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, 2018, is the 71st 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 years 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, 2018, 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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