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An Act to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct within the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial site in the District of Columbia a specific commemoration of women of the United…

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An Act to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct within the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial site in the District of Columbia a specific commemoration of women of the United States who served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict.

Introduced: February 4, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 36 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 1988
Became Public Law No: 100-660.
Nov 15, 1988
Signed by President.
Nov 8, 1988
Presented to President.
Nov 8, 1988
Measure Signed in Senate.
Oct 21, 1988
Senate receded from its amendments to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Oct 21, 1988
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate receded from its amendments to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Oct 21, 1988
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments to House Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 21, 1988
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments to House Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 13, 1988
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 12, 1988
Senate concurred in the House amendment with an amendment and an amendment to the title by Voice Vote.
Oct 12, 1988
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment with an amendment and an amendment to the title by Voice Vote.
Oct 12, 1988
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Sep 26, 1988
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Sep 23, 1988
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 23, 1988
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 22, 1988
Placed on Union Calendar No: 567.
Sep 22, 1988
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on House Administration. Report No: 100-948.
Sep 14, 1988
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Sep 14, 1988
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 8, 1988
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Sep 8, 1988
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 20, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials.
Jun 15, 1988
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Jun 15, 1988
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 14, 1988
Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-1. Record Vote No: 176.
Jun 14, 1988
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-1. Record Vote No: 176.
Jun 14, 1988
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
May 27, 1988
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 704.
May 27, 1988
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with amendments. With written report No. 100-371. Additional views filed.
May 11, 1988
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
May 11, 1988
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Interior Department. Favorable.
Feb 23, 1988
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-617.
Feb 8, 1988
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, OMB.
Feb 5, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Feb 4, 1988
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 4, 1988
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

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.

1 agreed to 1 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,675 — To authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial a comm… Agreed to Oct 12, 1988
HAMDT 926 — An amendment in the nature of a substitute by the House Administration Committee. Pending Sep 23, 1988
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue of a woman Vietnam veteran within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in Washington, D.C., to honor and recognize the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam conflict.

Subjects the location and design of the statue to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the addition of the statue is well within the intent of the law authorizing the establishment of the Memorial; and (2) after the addition of such statue, such Memorial will be complete and no further additions to the site should be authorized or undertaken.

What's happening now November 15, 1988

Became Public Law No: 100-660.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 502 Related bill A joint resolution authorizing the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc. to establish a memorial on Federal land in th…
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 4, 1988
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