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Union Calendar No. 450 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5302 

[Report No. 118–542, Part I] 

To designate the Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto 

Rico, as the ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 29, 2023 

Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N (for herself, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Ms. SALAZAR, 

Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to 

the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WALTZ, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. TONY GONZALES of 

Texas, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. BACON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

CORREA, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. LUTTRELL, and Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To designate the Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit 

of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 

101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Michel 

O. Maceda Marine Unit’’. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Me5 morial Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Marine Interdiction Agent Michel O. 

9 Maceda served honorably in the United States Army 

10 as a wheeled vehicle mechanic prior to joining the 

11 United States Border Patrol as an Agent in Doug12 las, Arizona, in April 2016. 

13 (2) Agent Maceda became a Marine Interdiction 

14 Agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

15 Air and Marine Operations in Mayagu ̈ez, Puerto 

16 Rico, in 2021. 

17 (3) On November 17, 2022, Agent Maceda and 

18 2 other agents were conducting a drug interdiction 

19 stop off the coast of Puerto Rico, during which the 

20 agents boarded the target vessel. 

21 (4) During the stop, Agent Maceda was mor22 tally wounded when 1 of the occupants of the vessel 

23 shot the boarding agents with a firearm. 

24 (5) Agent Maceda is survived by his daughter, 

25 brother, and parents. 


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1 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION. 

2 The Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the 

3 U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 101 Km 

4 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, shall forever be known 

5 and designated as the ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit’’. 

6 SEC. 4. REFERENCES. 

7 Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 

8 paper, or other record of the United States to the marine 

9 unit referred to in section 3 shall be deemed to be a ref10 erence to the ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 450 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5302 

[Report No. 118–542, Part I] 

A BILL 

To designate the Air and Marine Operations MaUnit’’. Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Marine tection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, rine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border ProJUNE 7, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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