Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-858
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-02-05
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional tributes

Department of Homeland Security

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Law enforcement officers

Texas
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of </b><b>2021</b></p> <p>This bill designates the Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 858 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2021 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Babin , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Wright , Mr. Jackson , and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To designate the Rocksprings Station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A native of the State of Washington, Agent Donna Marie Doss— (A) proudly and honorably served her country as an Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol for more than 15 years; (B) began her service with the U.S. Border Patrol in 2003; and (C) graduated as part of the 569th Session of the Border Patrol Academy with Class 584 on June 6, 2005. (2) Agent Doss— (A) served on a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force on the southern border for 3 years before being assigned to the northern border; (B) was promoted to Supervisory Border Patrol Agent in Laredo Border Patrol Sector, where she was named an Operations Officer in 2016; and (C) relocated to Abilene, Texas in 2017, where she served as a Resident Agent. (3) On February 2, 2019, Agent Doss responded to a call for assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety near Interstate 20 in Tye, Texas. While on scene, Agent Doss was struck and killed by a passing vehicle. (4) Agent Doss is survived by her husband, father, mother, 2 step-children, a sister and a brother. 3. Designation The Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, shall be known and designated as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station . 4. References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the station described in section 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station .