What This Bill Does
The Senate officially congratulates the Kansas City Chiefs on winning Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023. The bill honors the team's victory and requests that copies of this resolution be sent to the team's leadership.
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Who It Affects
The bill directly addresses the Kansas City Chiefs organization, including:
- The team's chairman and chief executive officer
- The team's president and general manager
- The team's head coach
- The team's staff and fans
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Key Provisions
- The Senate congratulates the Kansas City Chiefs, their entire staff and fans for their Super Bowl LVII victory (Resolved section, paragraph 1)
- The Secretary of the Senate must send an official copy of this resolution to Clark Hunt (chairman and chief executive officer), Mark Donovan (president), Brett Veach (general manager), and Andy Reid (head coach) (Resolved section, paragraph 2)
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What Changes
No substantive legal changes occur. This is a resolution of recognition and honor, not a law that changes government operations or regulations.
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Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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III
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 71
Congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory in Super Bowl LVII.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. SCHMITT)
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory in
Super Bowl LVII.
Whereas, on Sunday, February 12, 2023, the Kansas City
Chiefs (in this preamble referred to as the ‘‘Chiefs’’) won
Super Bowl LVII to become the champion of the Na-
tional Football League (in this preamble referred to as
the ‘‘NFL’’) for the 2022 season by defeating the Phila-
delphia Eagles by a score of 38 to 35;
Whereas this was the third Super Bowl victory in the fran-
chise history of the Chiefs and the second Super Bowl
victory for the Chiefs in 4 years;
Whereas the Chiefs displayed great resiliency to overcome a
10-point halftime deficit to win;
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•SRES 71 ATS
Whereas head coach Andy Reid earned his second Super
Bowl victory, becoming only the 14th head coach to ac-
complish this feat;
Whereas quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 21 of 27
passes and threw for 182 yards with 3 touchdowns and
0 interceptions and carried the ball 6 times for 44 yards
and was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl
LVII;
Whereas Patrick Mahomes became the first player named
NFL Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl Most Valu-
able Player in the same season since 1999;
Whereas during Super Bowl LVII—
(1) Isiah Pacheco carried the ball 15 times for 76
yards and scored 1 touchdown;
(2) Travis Kelce had 6 receptions for 81 yards and
scored 1 touchdown;
(3) Kadarius Toney made a touchdown reception to
take the lead in the fourth quarter, as well as a Super
Bowl record-long 65-yard punt return during the fourth
quarter;
(4) Skyy Moore had a critical touchdown reception
to extend the lead by the Chiefs during the fourth quar-
ter;
(5) Nick Bolton led all players with 9 tackles and
had a fumble recovery and defensive touchdown;
(6) JuJu Smith-Schuster had 7 receptions for 53
yards; and
(7) Harrison Butker made the game-winning field
goal from 27 yards with 8 seconds left in the game;
Whereas the Chiefs also won—
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•SRES 71 ATS
(1) the American Football Conference Championship
by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23 to 20 on January
29, 2023; and,
(2) the American Football Conference Divisional
playoff game by defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars 27 to
20 on January 22, 2023;
Whereas the entire Chiefs roster contributed to the victory in
Super Bowl LVII, including Nick Allegretti, Blake Bell,
Nick Bolton, Orlando Brown, Shane Buechele, Michael
Burton, Deon Bush, Harrison Butker, Leo Chenal,
Frank Clark, Jack Cochrane, Bryan Cook, Mike Danna,
Carlos Dunlap, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Jody Fortson,
Willie Gay, Noah Gray, Darius Harris, Chad Henne,
Malik Herring, Creed Humphrey, Nazeeh Johnson, Chris
Jones, Ronald Jones, Joshua Kaindoh, George Karlaftis,
Travis Kelce, Darian Kinnard, Patrick Mahomes, Trent
McDuffie, Jerick McKinnon, Skyy Moore, Lucas Niang,
Derrick Nnadi, Isiah Pacheco, Justin Reid, Khalen Saun-
ders, Trey Smith, JuJu Smith-Schuster, L’Jarius Sneed,
Juan Thornhill, Joe Thuney, Kadarius Toney, Tommy
Townsend, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Prince Tega
Wanogho, Jaylen Watson, Justin Watson, Brandon Wil-
liams, Joshua Williams, James Winchester, and Andrew
Wylie;
Whereas the Chiefs victory in Super Bowl LVII instills an ex-
traordinary sense of pride for all of Chiefs Kingdom in
the States of Missouri and Kansas and across the Mid-
west;
Whereas people all over the world are asking, ‘‘How ‘bout
those Chiefs?’’;
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•SRES 71 ATS
Whereas Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs more than 6 dec-
ades ago and helped shape the NFL, including by coining
the phrase ‘‘Super Bowl’’; and
Whereas the Hunt family deserves great credit for its unwav-
ering commitment to, and leadership and support of,
Chiefs Kingdom: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
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(1) congratulates the Kansas City Chiefs and
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their entire staff and fans of the Kansas City Chiefs
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for their victory in Super Bowl LVII; and
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(2) respectfully requests that the Secretary of
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the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu-
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tion to—
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(A) the chairman and chief executive offi-
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cer of the Kansas City Chiefs, Clark Hunt;
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(B) the president of the Kansas City
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Chiefs, Mark Donovan, and the general man-
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ager of the Kansas City Chiefs, Brett Veach;
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and
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(C) the head coach of the Kansas City
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Chiefs, Andy Reid.
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