Calling upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appropriate public events in support of such a day.

Bill: 114-hres-430
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2015-09-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Law enforcement officers

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Calls upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appropriate public events in support of such a day.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 430 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2015 Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Allen , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , Mr. Posey , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Rothfus , Mr. Harris , Mr. Flores , and Mr. Culberson ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Calling upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appropriate public events in support of such a day.

Whereas all human lives have dignity and worth and are deserving of protection under the law; Whereas a pattern of violence is emerging against police officers in which officers are targeted for wearing a police uniform and performing their legitimate duties under the law; Whereas, on August 28, 2015, Deputy Sheriff Darren H. Goforth was targeted and assassinated in Harris County, Texas, while wearing his police uniform; Whereas gunfire was directed at police officers during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, on March 12, 2015, and August 9, 2015; Whereas New York City Police Department officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were targeted and assassinated in New York, New York, while they sat in a patrol car on December 20, 2014; Whereas law enforcement is a dangerous profession under any circumstances, but this pattern of attacks makes the job even more dangerous; Whereas the number of police officers killed by firearms increased by 56 percent between 2013 and 2014; and Whereas ambush killings were the leading cause of police officer fatalities in firearm-related deaths in 2014: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives calls upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appropriate public events in support of such a day.