A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to modify the individuals eligible for associate membership in the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated.
Latest action · Mar 19, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Passed SenateMar 1, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the federal charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated (the corporation), to authorize the corporation to extend eligibility for associate membership in the corporation to the parents, spouse, siblings, and lineal descendants (currently, to parents and lineal descendants) of a Purple Heart recipient.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2007 to Mar 28, 2007; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Mar 28, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2007 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Mar 6, 2007Received in the House.
- Mar 6, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 2, 2007Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2540Text printed S2540 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Mar 1, 2007 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to modify the individuals eligible for associate membership in the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Referred in House
- Mar 1, 2007Engrossed in Senate
- Mar 1, 2007Considered and Passed Senate
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 bill 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.
