HJRES 573 100th Congress House Commemorations Birth defects Special weeks

A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 13, 1988, as "National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week".

Introduced: May 19, 1988 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 7, 1988

Signed by President.

Nov 7, 1988

Became Public Law No: 100-631.

Nov 1, 1988

Presented to President.

Oct 28, 1988

Measure Signed in Senate.

Oct 21, 1988

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Oct 21, 1988

House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 21, 1988

Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Oct 21, 1988

Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Oct 21, 1988

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Oct 21, 1988

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

May 23, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.

May 19, 1988

Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

May 19, 1988

Introduced in House

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
HAMDT 953	–	An amendment in the nature of a substitute.	Pending	Oct 21, 1988

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the week beginning November 13, 1988, as National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week.

What's happening now November 7, 1988

Became Public Law No: 100-631.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Census and Population Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 5

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Sep 14, 1988

Mfume, Kweisi

Maryland · Sep 14, 1988

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Jun 16, 1988

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Jun 16, 1988

Pelosi, Nancy

California · May 19, 1988

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 573: A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 13, 1988, as "National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week".. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-573/

MLA

"H.J. Res. 573: A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 13, 1988, as "National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week".." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-573/.

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H.J. Res. 573, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-573/.

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