HR 1339 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

Introduced Apr 1, 2011 Originated House Became Public Law 112-241 Sponsor John F. Tierney D-MA

Latest action · Jan 10, 2013 Became Public Law No: 112-241.

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.

IntroducedApr 1, 2011
Passed HouseMar 28, 2012
Passed SenateDec 21, 2012
To the PresidentDec 31, 2012
Became lawJan 10, 2013Public Law 112-241

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 28, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

Directs the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to provide military ceremonial support at the dedication of any monument, plaque, or other official recognition celebrating such designation. Prohibits federal funds from being used in connection with such recognition.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 141	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed413–6	Mar 28, 2012

Cosponsors 116

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2011 to Mar 22, 2012; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Dec 16, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		Dec 16, 2011
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Dec 16, 2011
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Dec 16, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Dec 16, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 16, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Dec 16, 2011
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Dec 16, 2011
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Dec 16, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Dec 16, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		Dec 16, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Dec 16, 2011
D-GA	David Scott		Dec 16, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Dec 16, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Dec 16, 2011
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 16, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Dec 16, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Dec 16, 2011
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Dec 16, 2011
R-MI	Fred Upton		Dec 16, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Dec 16, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Dec 16, 2011
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Dec 16, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Dec 16, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Dec 16, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Dec 16, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Dec 16, 2011
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Dec 16, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Dec 16, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Dec 16, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Joe Baca		Dec 16, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Dec 16, 2011
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Dec 16, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Dec 16, 2011
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Dec 16, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Dec 16, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Dec 16, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Dec 16, 2011
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Dec 16, 2011
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Dec 16, 2011
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Dec 16, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Dec 16, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Dec 16, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Dec 16, 2011
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Dec 16, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind		Dec 16, 2011
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Dec 16, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Dec 16, 2011
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Dec 16, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Dec 16, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Dec 16, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe		Dec 16, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden		Dec 16, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Dec 16, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Dec 16, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Dec 16, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Dec 16, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Mar 8, 2012
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Mar 8, 2012
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 8, 2012
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 8, 2012
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Mar 8, 2012
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Mar 8, 2012
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 8, 2012
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 21, 2012
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 21, 2012
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Mar 21, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 21, 2012
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 21, 2012
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Mar 21, 2012
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 21, 2012
D-NY	Kathleen C. Hochul		Mar 21, 2012
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Mar 21, 2012
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Mar 21, 2012
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Mar 21, 2012
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Mar 21, 2012
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Mar 21, 2012
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 21, 2012
D-NY	William L. Owens		Mar 21, 2012
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Mar 22, 2012
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Mar 22, 2012
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 22, 2012

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Apr 1, 2011
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred May 18, 2011
Senate	Armed Services Committee	Referred Mar 29, 2012Discharged Dec 22, 2012

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 10, 2013Signed by President.
Jan 10, 2013Became Public Law No: 112-241.
Dec 31, 2012Presented to President.
Dec 27, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2012Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8377)

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In the Congressional Record 2

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 S8377	Harry Reid D-NV	Dec 21, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H1652–H1654Text printed H1652Recorded votes H1664recognize	John F. Tierney D-MA, Niki Tsongas D-MA, Todd Russell Platts R-PA	Mar 28, 2012

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 1, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the United States; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2268.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44818	Gun Control, Veterans Benefits, and Mental Incompetency Determinations Archived	Report	Sep 7, 2021

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2013	A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, the body of laws of the United States dealing with the National Guard, to recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.	Identical bill	Dec 16, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 32, United States Code, the body of laws of the United States dealing with the National Guard, to recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.
Official Titles as Amended by House: To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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