SRES 551 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of June 18 through June 22, 2018, as National GI Bill Commemoration Week.

Introduced Jun 19, 2018 Originated Senate Sponsor Thomas R. Carper D-DE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 21, 2018 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 6/19/2018 CR S4037)

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 19, 2018
  2. Agreed to in SenateJun 21, 2018

Summary

Honors the achievements of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 in democratizing higher education and affirms Congress's responsibility to ensure that veterans educational assistance endures as an honorable investment of public dollars.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 19, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalJun 19, 2018
R-AKDan SullivanOriginalJun 19, 2018
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJun 19, 2018
D-MTJon TesterOriginalJun 19, 2018
R-NCThom TillisOriginalJun 19, 2018

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: 6/19/2018 CR S4037)
  2. Jun 21, 2018Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 6/19/2018 CR S4037)
  3. Jun 21, 2018Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4351)
  4. Jun 21, 2018Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4351)
  5. Jun 19, 2018Introduced in Senate
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Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 950Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 18 through June 22, 2018, as National GI Bill Commemoration Week.Identical billJun 19, 2018

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2018Agreed to Senate
  2. Jun 19, 2018Introduced in Senate

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