An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased

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An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased

An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased

Act Details

An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1987-01-06 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 100 United States Congress by Jack Bascom Brooks in relation with: Claims, Military pay, Private legislation.

An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased became law (1) in the United States on 1988-11-10. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Judiciary (HSJU)
sub Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (sub 02)
Senate Judiciary (SSJU)

Jack Bascom Brooks, member of the US congress
Jack Bascom Brooks, Democrat, Representative from Texas, district 9

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

William Lester Armstrong, Republican, Senator, from Colorado
Max Sieben Baucus, Democrat, Senator, from Montana
David Lyle Boren, Democrat, Senator, from Oklahoma
Rudolph Eli (rudy) Boschwitz, Republican, Senator, from Minnesota
Bill Bradley, Senator, from New Jersey
Quentin Northrup Burdick, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Robert Byrd, Senator, from West Virginia
John Hubbard Chafee, Republican, Senator, from Rhode Island
Lawton Chiles, Senator, from Florida
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi
Kent Conrad, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Thomas Daschle, Senator, from South Dakota
Dennis Webster Deconcini, Democrat, Senator, from Arizona
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Christopher John Dodd, Democrat, Senator, from Connecticut
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
J. James Exon, Democrat, Senator, from Nebraska
Wendell Hampton Ford, Democrat, Senator, from Kentucky
Edwin Jacob (jake) Garn, Republican, Senator, from Utah
John Herschel Glenn, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
Albert Arnold Gore, Democrat, Senator, from Tennessee
Chuck Grassley, Senator, from Iowa
Jacob Chic Hecht, Republican, Senator, from Nevada
Henry John Heinz, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Jesse Helms, Senator, from North Carolina
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Gordon John Humphrey, Republican, Senator, from New Hampshire
John Bennett Johnston, Democrat, Senator, from Louisiana
David Kemp Karnes, Republican, Senator, from Nebraska
Nancy Kassebaum, Senator, from Kansas
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
John Sidney Mccain, Republican, Senator, from Arizona
James Albertus Mcclure, Republican, Senator, from Idaho
Howard Morton Metzenbaum, Democrat; Democrat, Senator, from Ohio
Barbara Ann Mikulski, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
George John Mitchell, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Donald Lee Nickles, Republican, Senator, from Oklahoma
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
Harry Reid, Democrat, Senator, from Nevada
John Davison Iv (jay) Rockefeller, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
(james) Terry Sanford, Democrat, Senator, from North Carolina
Paul Spyros Sarbanes, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
Paul Simon, Senator, from Illinois
John Cornelius Stennis, Democrat, Senator, from Mississippi
Theodore Fulton (ted) Stevens, Republican, Senator, from Alaska
Steven Douglas Symms, Republican, Senator, from Idaho
John William Warner, Republican, Senator, from Virginia
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Republican, Senator, from Connecticut

Act Overview

  • Number: 441 (3)
  • Official Title as Introduced: A bill for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased (4)
  • Date First Introduced: 1987-01-06
  • Sponsor Name: Jack Bascom Brooks
  • Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
  • Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
  • Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1988-11-10
  • Type: hr (7)
  • Main Topic: Private legislation
  • Related Bills: (8)
  • Summary of An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
  • Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased

Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to each of seven named individuals in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the unpaid balance of retired pay due them as heirs of a deceased member of the U.S. Army.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased) 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 An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased 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 (An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased)
  • [Note 4] A bill for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1987-01-06) 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 An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about An Act for the relief of the heirs of Master Sergeant Nathaniel Scott, United States Army, retired, deceased submitted yet.

Claims
Military pay
Private legislation

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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