National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act
Latest action · May 22, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 395.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- 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.)
National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act - Authorizes the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield.
Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2013 to Dec 2, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Original | May 21, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Dec 2, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 21, 2013Markup Nov 21, 2013Reported May 22, 2014 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 31, 2013 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu without amendment. With written report No. 113-169.
- May 22, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 395.
- Nov 21, 2013Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 31, 2013Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
- May 21, 2013Introduced in Senate
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 S7910 | Joe Donnelly D-IN | Nov 7, 2013 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3660Text printed S3661 | John Boozman R-AR (text) | May 21, 2013 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 29, 2014S. 995, National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 21, 2013
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-93 | MISCELLANEOUS PARKS BILLS79 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 31, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 503 | National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act | Related bill | Jun 2, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to establish the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate for portions of this bill
- National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2014Reported to Senate
- May 21, 2013Introduced in 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.
