[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 412 Engrossed in House (EH)]
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 4, 2004.
Whereas the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was first created by executive
order on July 6, 1973, merging the previously separate law enforcement
and intelligence agencies responsible for narcotics control;
Whereas the first Administrator of the DEA, John R. Bartels, Jr., was confirmed
by the Senate on October 4, 1973;
Whereas since 1973 the men and women of the DEA have served our Nation with
courage, vision and determination, protecting all Americans from the
scourge of drug trafficking, abuse, and related violence;
Whereas between 1986 and 2002 alone, DEA agents seized over 10,000 kilograms of
heroin, 900,000 kilograms of cocaine, 4,600,000 kilograms of marijuana,
113,000,000 dosage units of hallucinogens, and 1,500,000,000 dosage
units of methamphetamine, and made over 443,000 arrests of drug
traffickers;
Whereas DEA agents continue to lead task forces of Federal, State, and local law
enforcement officials throughout the Nation, in a cooperative effort to
stop drug trafficking and put drug gangs behind bars;
Whereas throughout its history many DEA employees and members of DEA task forces
have given their lives in the defense of our Nation, including: Emir
Benitez, Gerald Sawyer, Leslie S. Grosso, Nickolas Fragos, Mary M.
Keehan, Charles H. Mann, Anna Y. Mounger, Anna J. Pope, Martha D.
Skeels, Mary P. Sullivan, Larry D. Wallace, Ralph N. Shaw, James T.
Lunn, Octavio Gonzalez, Francis J. Miller, Robert C. Lightfoot, Thomas
J. Devine, Larry N. Carwell, Marcellus Ward, Enrique S. Camarena, James
A. Avant, Charles M. Bassing, Kevin L. Brosch, Susan M. Hoefler, William
Ramos, Raymond J. Stastny, Arthur L. Cash, Terry W. McNett, George M.
Montoya, Paul S. Seema, Everett E. Hatcher, Rickie C. Finley, Joseph T.
Aversa, Wallie Howard, Jr., Eugene T. McCarthy, Alan H. Winn, George D.
Althouse, Becky L. Dwojeski, Stephen J. Strehl, Richard E. Fass, Juan C.
Vars, Jay W. Seale, Meredith Thompson, Frank S. Wallace, Jr., Frank
Fernandez, Jr., Kenneth G. McCullough, Carrol June Fields, Rona L.
Chafey, Shelly D. Bland, Carrie A. Lenz, Shaun E. Curl, Royce D. Tramel,
Alice Faye Hall-Walton, and Elton Armstead;
Whereas many other employees and task force officers of the DEA have been
wounded or injured in the line of duty; and
Whereas in its 173 domestic offices and 78 foreign offices worldwide the over
8,800 employees of the DEA continue to hunt down and bring to justice
the drug trafficking cartels that seek to poison our citizens with
dangerous narcotics: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) congratulates the DEA on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary;
(2) honors the heroic sacrifice of those of its employees who have
given their lives or been wounded or injured in the service of our
Nation; and
(3) thanks all the men and women of the DEA for their past and
continued efforts to defend the American people from the scourge of
illegal drugs.
Attest:
Clerk.