A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, during Public Service Recognition Week, public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the United States.
Latest action · Apr 26, 2016 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2463; text as passed Senate: CR S2462)
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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2016
- Agreed to in SenateApr 26, 2016
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Expresses support for the designation of the week of May 1-May 7, 2016, as Public Service Recognition Week.
Commends public servants, government employees, and members of the uniformed services for their public service and honors those who have given their lives in service.
Calls upon a new generation to consider a career in public service as an honorable profession.
Encourages efforts to promote public service careers at every level of government.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 26, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Apr 26, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2016Introduced in Senate
- Apr 26, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2463; text as passed Senate: CR S2462)
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 S2463Text printed S2462 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Apr 26, 2016 |
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 resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, during Public Service Recognition Week, public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2016Agreed to Senate
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