# H.Res. 516 (119th): This resolution expresses gratitude to law enforcement agencies (including U.S

This resolution expresses gratitude to law enforcement agencies (including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) with respect to recent demonstrations in Los Angeles, California.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: ceremonial_resolution. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: civil_disorder. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration_enforcement. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: law_enforcement. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_order. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: violence. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 185: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution's stated subject is thanks for law enforcement maintaining order, which reflects a general good of civil order and the restraint of disorder. However, it is partisan-adjacent: it singles out ICE and recent demonstrations, and the underlying dispute over immigration enforcement and protest policing is prudential and contested. Ceremonial gratitude carries no operative effect, so the classification is a high-level judgment from the title and summary rather than an endorsement of any specific conduct.
Theological note: Scripture affirms civil authority's role in restraining disorder and punishing wrongdoers (Romans 13:3-4), so gratitude for lawful public-order work is a relevant good. The resolution's specific praise of enforcement during contested demonstrations, and its connection to immigration enforcement, involves prudential judgments about how that authority was exercised. This is issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 185: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 215 · Nay 195 · Other 22.

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