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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 481 

Urging the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the historical significance 

of Roberto Clemente’s place of death near Pin ̃ones in Loı ́za, Puerto 

Rico, by adding it to the National Register of Historic Places. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 16, 2021 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, 

Mr. CASEY, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. WARREN, 

Mr. LUJA ́N, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the historical significance of Roberto Clemente’s place of death 

near Pin ̃ones in Loı ́za, Puerto Rico, by adding it to 

the National Register of Historic Places. 

Whereas Roberto Clemente was a renowned baseball player 

born on August 18, 1934, in Carolina, Puerto Rico; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente started playing for the Pittsburgh 

Pirates of the National League in Major League Baseball 

in 1955, and went on to play for them for 18 seasons, 

becoming a baseball legend; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente won the 1960 and 1971 World 

Series Championships with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the 

1971 World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the 


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1966 National League Most Valuable Player Award, 15 

All Star selections (1960–1967, 1969–1972), 12 consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1961–1972), 4 National Batting 

Titles (1961, 1963–1965, 1967, 1969), and hit the only 

walk-off, inside-the-park grand slam home run in professional baseball history on July 25, 1956; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American 

ballplayer to reach 3,000 career hits on September 30, 

1972; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente enlisted into the United States 

Marine Corps in 1958, and served as an infantryman for 

6 years until 1964, when he was honorably discharged; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente embodied the values of a model 

citizen through his acts of service and humanitarian efforts toward those in need, regardless of their location; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente was on his way to selflessly provide humanitarian aid to earthquake-ridden Nicaragua 

when he died; 

Whereas the plane that Roberto Clemente was on crashed 

into the ocean shortly after taking off from Isla Verde 

International Airport/Aeropuerto Internacional de Isla 

Verde on December 31, 1972; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente was only 38 years old when he 

passed away; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente was the first Puerto Rican inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973; 

Whereas Buenaventura Boulevard was designated as the Roberto Clemente Memorial Roadway by the Osceola County Board of County Commissioners in 2015; 


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Whereas Stonewall Jackson Middle School was renamed Roberto Clemente Middle School by the Orange County 

School Board in September 2020; 

Whereas Stonewall Jackson Road, a mile-long stretch of road 

off of Semoran Boulevard, was renamed for Roberto 

Clemente by the Orlando City Council in June 2021; 

Whereas a portion of Route 21 in Newark was designated as 

the Roberto Clemente Memorial Highway by the New 

Jersey Legislature in June 2016; 

Whereas the Paterson School District, the City of Paterson, 

and New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation inaugurated the New Roberto Clemente Middle School in 

April 2005; 

Whereas the Paterson School District designated an elementary school the Roberto Clemente Elementary School in 

September 1975; 

Whereas the Newark Board of Education designated an elementary school the Roberto Clemente Elementary School; 

Whereas The Roberto Clemente Little League in Branch 

Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey, is named in his 

honor; 

Whereas Roberto Clemente was posthumously awarded the 

Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Citizens 

Medal, and the Congressional Gold Medal for his civic 

and charitable contributions; and 

Whereas the crash site in the adjacent area to Playa Aviones 

in the municipality of Loı ́za, Puerto Rico, was the last 

place where Roberto Clemente graced this world 49 years 

ago: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate requests that the Secretary 

2 of the Interior recognize the crash site of Roberto 

3 Clemente’s airplane and the adjacent land by adding the 

4 site to the National Register of Historic Places. 

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