[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5302 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5302
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
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''.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Michel O. Maceda Memorial Act''.
SEC. 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 Mayaguez, 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.
SEC. 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''.
SEC. 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''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2024.
Attest:
Clerk.
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5302
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
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''.