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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 359 

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the unification of the air and marine 

assets of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish the Air 

and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 

Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. CARPER, Mr. UDALL, Mr. 

CASSIDY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. BOXER, and 

Ms. COLLINS) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the unification of the 

air and marine assets of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish the Air and Marine Operations of 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

Whereas the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (referred to in this preamble as 

‘‘AMO’’) and the legacy agencies of AMO have a long 

history of working to safeguard the borders of the United 

States; 

Whereas, 10 years before the date of adoption of this resolution, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (referred to in 

this preamble as ‘‘CBP’’) integrated the marine assets of 

CBP with the aircraft fleet of CBP to serve and protect 


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the people of the United States through the core competencies of AMO, which include— 

(1) interdiction; 

(2) investigation; 

(3) domain awareness; and 

(4) contingency operations and national tasking missions; 

Whereas AMO conducts the mission of AMO along the land 

borders and maritime approaches of the United States 

from more than 90 locations throughout the United 

States and Puerto Rico, with— 

(1) 1,800 Federal agents and specialists; 

(2) a fleet of more than 250 aircraft and more than 

280 marine vessels; and 

(3) an array of surveillance and domain awareness 

technologies; and 

Whereas AMO has leveraged the capabilities of AMO by forging crucial partnerships with Federal, State, local, and 

tribal agencies, and the United States Armed Forces, 

for— 

(1) law enforcement; 

(2) disaster relief; 

(3) humanitarian operations; 

(4) joint operations; and 

(5) National Special Security Events: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) celebrates the 10th anniversary of the unifi3 cation of the air and marine assets of U.S. Customs 

4 and Border Protection to establish the Air and MaVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:21 Feb 04, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR359.ATS SR359

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1 rine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protec2 tion; 

3 (2) recognizes the contribution of the Air and 

4 Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 

5 Protection to— 

6 (A) the border security mission of U.S. 

7 Customs and Border Protection; and 

8 (B) the multilayered approach to homeland 

9 security by the Department of Homeland Secu10 rity; and 

11 (3) commends the agents and mission support 

12 staff of the Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Cus13 toms and Border Protection, who are dedicated to 

14 serving and protecting— 

15 (A) the people of the United States; and 

16 (B) the borders of the United States in air 

17 and maritime environments. 

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