A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week"

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A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”

A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”

Act Details

A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1984-05-24 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 98 United States Congress by Gordon John Humphrey in relation with: Commemorations, Drug abuse, Drunk driving, Special weeks.

A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week” became law (1) in the United States on 1984-07-03. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

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

Gordon John Humphrey, member of the US congress
Gordon John Humphrey, Republican, Senator from New Hampshire

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

William Lester Armstrong, Republican, Senator, from Colorado, district 5
Bill Bradley, Senator, from New Jersey
Quentin Northrup Burdick, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Robert Byrd, Senator, from West Virginia
Lawton Chiles, Senator, from Florida
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi, district 4
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
John Claggett Danforth, Republican, Senator, from Missouri
Dennis Webster Deconcini, Democrat, Senator, from Arizona
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
Pete Domenici, Senator, from New Mexico
John Porter East, Republican, Senator, from North Carolina
J. James Exon, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska
Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Thomas Slade Gorton, Republican, Senator, from Washington
Paula Hawkins, Republican, Senator, from Florida
Howell Heflin, Senator, from Alabama
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Walter Darlington Huddleston, Democrat, Senator, from Kentucky
Daniel Ken Inouye, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
James Albertus Mcclure, Republican, Senator, from Idaho
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
Larry Lee Pressler, Republican, Senator, from South Dakota, district 1
William Proxmire, Democrat, Senator, from Wisconsin
James Danforth (dan) Quayle, Republican, Senator, from Indiana, district 4
Jennings Randolph, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Donald Wayne Riegle, Democrat, Senator, from Michigan
Warren Bruce Rudman, Republican, Senator, from New Hampshire
Paul Spyros Sarbanes, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
Strom Thurmond, Senator, from South Carolina
John William Warner, Republican, Senator, from Virginia

Act Overview

  • Number: 303 (3)
  • Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week” (4)
  • Date First Introduced: 1984-05-24
  • Sponsor Name: John William Warner
  • Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
  • Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
  • Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1984-07-03
  • Type: sjres (7)
  • Main Topic: Special weeks
  • Related Bills: (8)

    hjres590-98, Reason: identical, Type: bill

  • Summary of A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
  • Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”

Designates the week of December 9 through December 15 1984 as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness 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 to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness 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 to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”)
  • [Note 4] A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1984-05-24) 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 the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week”, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about A joint resolution to designate the week of December 9, 1984, through December 15, 1984, as “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week” submitted yet.

Commemorations
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Special weeks

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.

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