SCONRES 66 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor should be awarded to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Introduced Sep 19, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Ted Stevens R-AK

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 6, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedSep 19, 2001
  2. Agreed to in SenateApr 18, 2002
  3. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) because of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the limit on the number of Public Safety Officer Medals of Valor should be waived and a medal should be awarded under the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 to any officer who was killed in the line of duty; and (2) the Medal of Valor Review Board should give strong consideration to the acts of bravery by other officers in responding to these events.

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2001 to Nov 29, 2001, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalSep 19, 2001
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalSep 19, 2001
D-MICarl LevinSep 20, 2001
R-IAChuck GrassleySep 20, 2001
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeSep 20, 2001
D-MAEdward M. KennedySep 20, 2001
R-VAGeorge AllenSep 20, 2001
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichSep 20, 2001
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonSep 20, 2001
R-OKJames M. InhofeSep 20, 2001
I-VTJames M. JeffordsSep 20, 2001
D-MOJean CarnahanSep 20, 2001
D-NMJeff BingamanSep 20, 2001
R-NCJesse HelmsSep 20, 2001
R-KYJim BunningSep 20, 2001
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Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Apr 22, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  3. Apr 22, 2002Received in the House.
  4. Apr 22, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  5. Apr 18, 2002Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.

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