A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.” in the United States

A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.”

Act Details

A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1981-07-28 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 97 United States Congress by Robert Dole in relation with: Commemorations, High schools, Special weeks.

A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.” became law (1) in the United States on 1983-01-08. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

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

Sponsor

Robert Dole, member of the US congress
Robert Dole, Senator from Kansas

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Max Sieben Baucus, Democrat, Senator, from Montana, district 1
Joseph Robinette Biden, Democrat, Senator, from Delaware
Quentin Northrup Burdick, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Howard Cannon, Senator, from Nevada
John Hubbard Chafee, Republican, Senator, from Rhode Island
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi, district 4
Alfonse D’Amato, Senator, from New York
John Claggett Danforth, Republican, Senator, from Missouri
Henry John Heinz, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Walter Darlington Huddleston, Democrat, Senator, from Kentucky
Daniel Ken Inouye, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
Nancy Kassebaum, Senator, from Kansas
Patrick Joseph Leahy, Democrat, Senator, from Vermont
Carl Levin, Democrat, Senator, from Michigan
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
John Melcher, Democrat, Senator, from Montana
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Donald Lee Nickles, Republican, Senator, from Oklahoma
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
David Hampton Pryor, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
Jennings Randolph, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Jr Roth, Senator, from Delaware
Jim Sasser, Senator, from Tennessee
Harrison Hagan Schmitt, Republican, Senator, from New Mexico
John Goodwin Tower, Republican, Senator, from Texas
Harrison Arlington Williams, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey

Act Overview

Number: 101 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.” (4)
Date First Introduced: 1981-07-28
Sponsor Name: Harrison Arlington Williams
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1983-01-08
Type: sjres (7)
Main Topic: Special weeks
Related Bills: (8)
hjres323-97, Reason: identical, Type: bill
Summary of A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.”: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.”

(Measure passed House amended) Requests the President to designate the week of October 17 through October 23 1982 as National High School Activities Week.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.”) 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 “National High School Activities Week.” 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 “National High School Activities Week.”)
[Note 4] A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1981-07-28) 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 “National High School Activities Week.”, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Commemorations
High schools
Special weeks

A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.”

A joint resolution designating “National High School Activities Week.” in the United States