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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 286 

Designating July 26, 2019, as ‘‘United States Intelligence Professionals Day’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2019 

Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. BURR, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. 

WYDEN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KING, Mr. 

BLUNT, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BENNET, and Mr. 

SASSE) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 

agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating July 26, 2019, 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; 


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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, 2019, is the 72nd 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; 


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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 


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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 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates July 26, 2019, as ‘‘United States 

3 Intelligence Professionals Day’’; 

4 (2) acknowledges the courage, fidelity, sacrifice, 

5 and professionalism of the men and women of the 

6 intelligence community of the United States; and 

7 (3) encourages the people of the United States 

8 to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and 

9 activities. 

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