Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week” in the United States

Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”

Act Details

Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1978-06-19 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 95 United States Congress by Frank Jefferson Horton in relation with: Asian American ethnic groups, Commemorations, Special weeks.

Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week” became law (1) in the United States on 1978-10-05. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Post Office and Civil Service (HSPO)

Sponsor

Frank Jefferson Horton, member of the US congress
Frank Jefferson Horton, Republican, Representative from New York, district 34

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Norman Y. Mineta, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 13

Act Overview

Number: 1007 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week” (4)
Date First Introduced: 1978-06-19
Sponsor Name: Norman Y. Mineta
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1978-10-05
Type: hjres (7)
Main Topic: Special weeks
Related Bills: (8)
Summary of Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
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Text of the Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”

(Reported to House from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service with amendment H. Rept. 95-1335) Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 4 1979 as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.”

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage 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 Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage 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 (Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”)
[Note 4] Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1978-06-19) 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 Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”, go to THOMAS.

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Asian American ethnic groups
Commemorations
Special weeks

Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week”

Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the 7-day period beginning on May 4, 1979, as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week” in the United States