A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as "National Reye's Syndrome Week"

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A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week”

A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week”

Act Details

A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1984-03-15 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 98 United States Congress by Edward Moore (ted) Kennedy in relation with: Commemorations, Reye's syndrome, Special weeks.

A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week” became law (1) in the United States on 1984-10-19. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

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

Edward Moore (ted) Kennedy, member of the US congress
Edward Moore (ted) Kennedy, Democrat, Senator from Massachusetts

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Mark Andrews, Republican, Senator, from North Dakota
Dale Bumpers, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
Quentin Northrup Burdick, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Lawton Chiles, Senator, from Florida
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi, district 4
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
Dave Durenberger, Senator, from Minnesota
John Herschel Glenn, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
Paula Hawkins, Republican, Senator, from Florida
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
Daniel Ken Inouye, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
Roger William Jepsen, Republican, Senator, from Iowa
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
John Melcher, Democrat, Senator, from Montana
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Frank Hughes Murkowski, Republican, Senator, from Alaska
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
Charles Harting Percy, Republican, Senator, from Illinois
Jennings Randolph, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Donald Wayne Riegle, Democrat, Senator, from Michigan
Paul Spyros Sarbanes, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
John Cornelius Stennis, Democrat, Senator, from Mississippi
Strom Thurmond, Senator, from South Carolina

Act Overview

  • Number: 259 (3)
  • Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week” (4)
  • Date First Introduced: 1984-03-15
  • Sponsor Name: Strom Thurmond
  • Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
  • Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
  • Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1984-10-19
  • Type: sjres (7)
  • Main Topic: Special weeks
  • Related Bills: (8)

    hjres460-98, Reason: identical, Type: bill

  • Summary of A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome 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 November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week”

Designating the week of November 12 through November 18 1984 as National Reye's Syndrome Week.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome 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 November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome 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 November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week”)
  • [Note 4] A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1984-03-15) 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 November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week”, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about A joint resolution to designate the week of November 12, 1984, through November 18, 1984, as “National Reye's Syndrome Week” submitted yet.

Commemorations
Reye's syndrome
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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