Supporting and encouraging greater support for Veterans Day each year.
Latest action · Oct 23, 2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseOct 23, 2007
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Encourages Americans to demonstrate their support for veterans on Veterans Day each year.
Encourages schools and teachers to educate students on the great contributions veterans have made to the country and its history, both while serving as members of the Armed Forces and after completing their service.
Requests that the President issue a proclamation each year in connection with the observance of Veterans Day calling on Americans to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2007 to Oct 22, 2007; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Original | Mar 12, 2007 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Sep 25, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Oct 2, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 2, 2007 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Oct 22, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2007Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- Oct 23, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11883-11885)
- Oct 23, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 237.
- Oct 23, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11883)
- Oct 23, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H13303, H13392 | Sam Farr D-CA, Virginia Foxx R-NC | Nov 8, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H11883–H11885Text printed H11883 | Bob Filner D-CA, Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL, Joe Baca D-CA, John Boozman R-AR, Leonard L. Boswell D-IA | Oct 23, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 370 | A resolution supporting and encouraging greater support for Veterans Day each year. | Related bill | Nov 6, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Supporting and encouraging greater support for Veterans Day each year.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2007Engrossed in House
- Mar 12, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
