HRES 721 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Encouraging States to establish programs to award high school diplomas to veterans who left high school before receiving diplomas in order to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 7, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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 simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJul 15, 2004
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Encourages each State to establish a program, similar to Operation Recognition, to award high school diplomas to veterans who left high school in order to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war but never received a diploma.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2004 to Jul 22, 2004.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILRahm EmanuelJul 20, 2004
D-TXMartin FrostJul 22, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 7, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  2. Jul 15, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Jul 15, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 15, 2004Introduced in House

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