A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month” in the United States

A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”

Act Details

A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1989-05-09 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 101 United States Congress by Richard Lugar in relation with: Down’s syndrome, Special months.

A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month” became law (1) in the United States on 1989-10-13. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Senate Judiciary (SSJU)
House Post Office and Civil Service (HSPO)

Sponsor

Richard Lugar, member of the US congress
Richard Lugar, Senator from Indiana

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Brockman (brock) Adams, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Democrat, Senator, from Texas
David Lyle Boren, Democrat, Senator, from Oklahoma
Rudolph Eli (rudy) Boschwitz, Republican, Senator, from Minnesota
Bill Bradley, Senator, from New Jersey
Dale Bumpers, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
Quentin Northrup Burdick, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
John Hubbard Chafee, Republican, Senator, from Rhode Island
Daniel Ray Coats, Republican, Senator, from Indiana, district 4
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi
Kent Conrad, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Alfonse D’Amato, Senator, from New York
Dennis Webster Deconcini, Democrat, Senator, from Arizona
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Christopher John Dodd, Democrat, Senator, from Connecticut
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
Dave Durenberger, Senator, from Minnesota
Wyche Fowler, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
John Herschel Glenn, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
Albert Arnold Gore, Democrat, Senator, from Tennessee
Thomas Slade Gorton, Republican, Senator, from Washington
Bob Graham, Senator, from Florida
Chuck Grassley, Senator, from Iowa
Orrin Grant Hatch, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Howell Heflin, Senator, from Alabama
Henry John Heinz, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Jesse Helms, Senator, from North Carolina
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Gordon John Humphrey, Republican, Senator, from New Hampshire
Daniel Ken Inouye, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
John Bennett Johnston, Democrat, Senator, from Louisiana
Nancy Kassebaum, Senator, from Kansas
John Forbes Kerry, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Joseph Lieberman, Senator, from Connecticut
Connie Mack, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 13
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
James Albertus Mcclure, Republican, Senator, from Idaho
Howard Morton Metzenbaum, Democrat; Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
George John Mitchell, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
Larry Lee Pressler, Republican, Senator, from South Dakota
David Hampton Pryor, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
Harry Reid, Democrat, Senator, from Nevada
Donald Wayne Riegle, Democrat, Senator, from Michigan
Charles Spittal Robb, Democrat, Senator, from Virginia
Jr Roth, Senator, from Delaware
(james) Terry Sanford, Democrat, Senator, from North Carolina
Richard C. Shelby, Democrat; Republican, Senator, from Alabama
Alan Kooi Simpson, Republican, Senator
Arlen Specter, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Theodore Fulton (ted) Stevens, Republican, Senator, from Alaska
Strom Thurmond, Senator, from South Carolina
John William Warner, Republican, Senator, from Virginia
Pete Wilson, Republican, Senator, from California
Timothy E. Wirth, Democrat, Senator, from Colorado

Act Overview

Number: 122 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month” (4)
Date First Introduced: 1989-05-09
Sponsor Name: Timothy E. Wirth
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1989-10-13
Type: sjres (7)
Main Topic: Special months
Related Bills: (8)
hjres209-101, Reason: related, Type: bill
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Text of the A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”

Designates October 1989 and 1990 as National Down Syndrome Month.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month” are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”)
[Note 4] A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1989-05-09) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Down’s syndrome
Special months

A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month”

A joint resolution to designate October 1989 and 1990 as “National Down Syndrome Month” in the United States