A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day” in the United States

A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”

Act Details

A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1989-05-03 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 101 United States Congress by Donald Wayne Riegle in relation with: German Americans, Special days.

A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day” became law (1) in the United States on 1989-10-03. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

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

Sponsor

Donald Wayne Riegle, Democrat, Senator from Michigan

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Democrat, Senator, from Texas
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
Kent Conrad, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Alfonse D’Amato, Senator, from New York
Thomas Daschle, Senator, from South Dakota
Dennis Webster Deconcini, Democrat, Senator, from Arizona
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
Dave Durenberger, Senator, from Minnesota
J. James Exon, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska
John Herschel Glenn, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
Albert Arnold Gore, Democrat, Senator, from Tennessee
Thomas Slade Gorton, Republican, Senator, from Washington
Chuck Grassley, Senator, from Iowa
Orrin Grant Hatch, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Howell Heflin, Senator, from Alabama
Henry John Heinz, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Daniel Ken Inouye, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
James Merrill Jeffords, Republican; Independent, Senator, from Vermont
Robert Kasten, Senator, from Wisconsin
Edward Moore (ted) Kennedy, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
J. Robert Kerrey, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska
John Forbes Kerry, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
Herb Kohl, Senator, from Wisconsin
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Carl Levin, Democrat, Senator, from Michigan
Joseph Lieberman, Senator, from Connecticut
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
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
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
Harry Reid, Democrat, Senator, from Nevada
Charles Spittal Robb, Democrat, Senator, from Virginia
Paul Spyros Sarbanes, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
Richard C. Shelby, Democrat; Republican, Senator, from Alabama
Paul Simon, Senator, from Illinois
Alan Kooi Simpson, Republican, Senator
Arlen Specter, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Malcolm Wallop, Republican, Senator
John William Warner, Republican, Senator, from Virginia
Pete Wilson, Republican, Senator, from California

Act Overview

• Number: 118 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day” (4)
• Date First Introduced: 1989-05-03
• Sponsor Name: Pete Wilson
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1989-10-03
• Type: sjres (7)
• Main Topic: Special days
• Related Bills: (8)

  hjres104-101, Reason: related, Type: bill

• Summary of A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”

Designates October 6 1989 as German-American Day.

Act Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”) 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 designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day” 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 designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”)
• [Note 4] A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1989-05-03) 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 designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day”, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as “German-American Day” submitted yet.

German Americans
Special days

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.