III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 532 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— (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