A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as "National Birds of Prey Conservation Week"

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A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”

A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”

Act Details

A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week” was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1984-02-09 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 98 United States Congress by Arlen Specter in relation with: Birds, Commemorations, Special weeks, Wildlife conservation.

A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation 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)

Arlen Specter, member of the US congress
Arlen Specter, Senator from Pennsylvania

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

James Abdnor, Republican, Senator, from South Dakota, district 2
Jeff Bingaman, Senator, from New Mexico
Rudolph Eli (rudy) Boschwitz, Republican, Senator, from Minnesota
Dale Bumpers, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
Lawton Chiles, Senator, from Florida
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Christopher John Dodd, Democrat, Senator, from Connecticut, district 2
Pete Domenici, Senator, from New Mexico
Dave Durenberger, Senator, from Minnesota
J. James Exon, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska
Barry Goldwater, Senator, from Arizona
Thomas Slade Gorton, Republican, Senator, from Washington
Paula Hawkins, Republican, Senator, from Florida
Henry John Heinz, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Gordon John Humphrey, Republican, Senator, from New Hampshire
Roger William Jepsen, Republican, Senator, from Iowa
Robert Kasten, Senator, from Wisconsin, district 9
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
Charles Mccurdy Mathias, Republican, Senator, from Maryland
George John Mitchell, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Donald Lee Nickles, Republican, Senator, from Oklahoma
Charles Harting Percy, Republican, Senator, from Illinois
Jennings Randolph, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Robert Theodore Stafford, Republican, Senator, from Vermont
Strom Thurmond, Senator, from South Carolina
Paul Efthemios Tsongas, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts, district 5
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Republican, Senator, from Connecticut
Edward Zorinsky, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska

Act Overview

  • Number: 230 (3)
  • Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week” (4)
  • Date First Introduced: 1984-02-09
  • Sponsor Name: Edward Zorinsky
  • 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)

    hjres485-98, Reason: identical, Type: bill

  • Summary of A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation 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 October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”

Designates the week of October 7 through October 13 1984 as National Birds of Prey Conservation Week.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation 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 October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation 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 October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”)
  • [Note 4] A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1984-02-09) 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 October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week”, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1984 through October 13, 1984, as “National Birds of Prey Conservation Week” submitted yet.

Birds
Commemorations
Special weeks
Wildlife conservation

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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