A bill designating the week of November 11 through November 17, 2007, as "National Veterans Awareness Week" to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country.
Latest action · Oct 26, 2007 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13493-13494; text as passed Senate: CR S13494; text of measure as introduced: CR S13491-13492)
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 26, 2007
- Agreed to in SenateOct 26, 2007
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates the week of November 11-November 17, 2007, as "National Veterans Awareness Week."
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2007 to Oct 29, 2007; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | Oct 26, 2007 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Oct 29, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Oct 26, 2007Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13493-13494; text as passed Senate: CR S13494; text of measure as introduced: CR S13491-13492)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13493Text printed S13491, S13494 | Harry Reid D-NV, Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Oct 26, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill designating the week of November 11 through November 17, 2007, as "National Veterans Awareness Week" to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2007Agreed to Senate
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