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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 175 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the commissioned officer corps of the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2017 

Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. THUNE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. 

COCHRAN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 

agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Whereas, on May 22, 1917, the forerunner to the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (referred to in this preamble as the 

‘‘NOAA Corps’’) was created as the commissioned corps 

of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in order 

to provide officers to command coastal survey ships and 

field survey parties locally and abroad; 

Whereas the heritage of the NOAA Corps is closely tied to 

the oldest scientific and technical agency of the United 

States, the Survey of the Coast, which was established by 

President Thomas Jefferson and Congress in 1807; 


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Whereas, on October 3, 1970, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was established and the officers of that agency became members of the NOAA Corps; 

Whereas, for the past 100 years, the central mission of the 

NOAA Corps and its predecessor has been to collect data 

at sea or in the air to enable decisions that have a great 

impact on the United States; 

Whereas, since 1960, officers of the NOAA Corps and their 

predecessors have flown into 292 tropical cyclones, risking their lives to advance the science needed to save lives 

and livelihoods along the coastal communities of the 

United States; 

Whereas, whatever the mission, the United States turns to 

the NOAA Corps for environmental leadership; 

Whereas the motto of ‘‘Honor, Respect, Commitment’’ is the 

creed by which NOAA Corps officers live and serve; and 

Whereas, regardless of the cause, location, or magnitude of 

a future hurricane, the United States can rely on the 

NOAA Corps to fly into the storm to carry out the missions entrusted to the NOAA Corps: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses the appreciation of the people of 

3 the United States to the commissioned officer corps 

4 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis5 tration (referred to in this resolving clause as the 

6 ‘‘NOAA Corps’’), and the officers who have served 

7 in the NOAA Corps, for 100 years of dedicated serv8 ice; 


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1 (2) honors the valor, commitment, and sacrifice 

2 that officers of the NOAA Corps have displayed 

3 throughout the history of the NOAA Corps; and 

4 (3) respectfully requests that the President 

5 issue a proclamation that— 

6 (A) recognizes the 100th anniversary of 

7 the NOAA Corps and the dedicated service of 

8 the officers who have served in the NOAA 

9 Corps; and 

10 (B) calls upon the people of the United 

11 States to observe that anniversary with appro12 priate ceremonies and activities. 

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