HCONRES 260
100th Congress
House
International Affairs
Afghanistan
Americans in foreign countries
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Foreign correspondents
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof, citizens of the United States who were killed in Afghanistan.
Introduced: March 9, 1988
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Became law
Jun 15, 1988
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jun 14, 1988
Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Jun 14, 1988
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Jun 14, 1988
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 14, 1988
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 14, 1988
Subcommittee on Census and Population Discharged.
Mar 14, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Mar 9, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mar 9, 1988
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.
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Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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