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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 532 

Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Medicolegal 

Death Investigation Professionals Week. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25, 2024 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. MURPHY) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

MARCH 23 (legislative day, MARCH 22), 2024 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National 

Medicolegal Death Investigation Professionals Week. 

Whereas the Senate is committed to the use of highly trained 

medicolegal death investigation professionals to ensure 

that the suspicious, violent, unattended, unexplained, and 

unexpected deaths that occur throughout the United 

States are investigated; 

Whereas medicolegal death investigation professionals are an 

indispensable component of the public health and public 

safety systems in the United States as they speak for 

those who can no longer speak for themselves; 

Whereas medicolegal death investigation professionals partner 

with— 


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(1) local and national agencies to build and maintain 

public health databases relating to injury, illness, disease; 

and 

(2) Federal, State, and local agencies to ensure public safety; 

Whereas medicolegal death investigation professionals aim to 

complete the highest quality medicolegal death investigations through national standards; and 

Whereas the week of January 21, 2024, through January 27, 

2024, is recognized as ‘‘National Medicolegal Death Investigation Professionals Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

3 Medicolegal Death Investigation Professionals Week; 

4 and 

5 (2) recognizes that National Medicolegal Death 

6 Investigation Professionals Week provides a special 

7 opportunity for— 

8 (A) medicolegal death investigation profes9 sionals to— 

10 (i) acknowledge the contributions of 

11 medicolegal death investigation profes12 sionals working throughout the jurisdic13 tions of the United States; 

14 (ii) organize community events to en15 courage a better understanding of 

16 medicolegal death investigations; 


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1 (iii) provide tours to Federal, State, 

2 and local policymakers to assist those indi3 viduals in gaining better insight into the 

4 current capabilities of medicolegal death 

5 investigation professionals and the future 

6 demands that medicolegal death investiga7 tion professionals will face; and 

8 (iv) contact and invite local media 

9 outlets to cover events hosted during Na10 tional Medicolegal Death Investigation 

11 Professionals Week; 

12 (B) local policymakers to— 

13 (i) recognize, through formal com14 mendation or resolution, the contributions 

15 of local medicolegal death investigation 

16 professionals to the communities of those 

17 policymakers; 

18 (ii) formally declare the week of Janu19 ary 21, 2024, through January 27, 2024, 

20 to be ‘‘National Medicolegal Death Inves21 tigation Professionals Week’’; 

22 (iii) visit local medicolegal death in23 vestigation professionals in their jurisdic24 tions to gain an understanding of the capaVerDate Sep 11 2014 08:19 Mar 23, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR532.ATS SR532

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1 bilities and needs of those jurisdictions; 

2 and 

3 (iv) discuss the operational needs of 

4 State and local medicolegal death inves5 tigation jurisdictions; 

6 (C) individuals in the United States, in7 cluding members of the media, to— 

8 (i) attend community events spon9 sored by local medicolegal death investiga10 tion jurisdictions; 

11 (ii) take tours of local medical exam12 iner and coroner offices; and 

13 (iii) ask local medical examiner and 

14 coroner offices about the operational and 

15 legislative needs of those jurisdictions; 

16 (D) members of the media to highlight 

17 local news stories that focus on the work of 

18 local medicolegal death investigation profes19 sionals in the communities they serve; and 

20 (E) public safety officers, law enforcement 

21 officers, and court officers to— 

22 (i) attend community events spon23 sored by local medicolegal death investiga24 tion jurisdictions; 


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1 (ii) take tours of local medical exam2 iner and coroner offices; 

3 (iii) discuss the operational needs of 

4 State and local medicolegal death inves5 tigation jurisdictions; and 

6 (iv) engage with local medicolegal 

7 death investigation professionals about 

8 working together more effectively. 

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