[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5302 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.5302
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
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''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.