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HCONRES 260 100th Congress House

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…

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Official title: 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 29, 1988 See on congress.gov
International Affairs AfghanistanAmericans in foreign countriesAwards, medals, prizesCommemorationsForeign correspondents
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
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
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 Latest action June 15, 1988

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jun 1, 1988
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 19, 1988
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 19, 1988
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 29, 1988
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 29, 1988
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 21, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 260: 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.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-260/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 260: 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.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-260/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Con. Res. 260, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-260/.
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[H. Con. Res. 260: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-260/)
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