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SJRES 47 100th Congress Senate Commemorations Prisoners of war Special days

A joint resolution to designate "National P.O.W. Recognition Day".

Introduced: February 4, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 1987
Became Public Law No: 100-21.
Apr 8, 1987
Signed by President.
Apr 3, 1987
Presented to President.
Apr 2, 1987
Measure Signed in Senate.
Mar 31, 1987
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Mar 31, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Mar 31, 1987
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 31, 1987
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 30, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Mar 25, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 25, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mar 24, 1987
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 24, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 24, 1987
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Mar 19, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 44.
Mar 19, 1987
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Mar 19, 1987
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 4, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Feb 4, 1987
Introduced in Senate
 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.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 42 – To add the word "former" to the clause referring to POW's. Agreed to Mar 24, 1987
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates April 9, 1987, as National POW Recognition Day.

What's happening now April 8, 1987

Became Public Law No: 100-21.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 11, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 47: A joint resolution to designate "National P.O.W. Recognition Day".. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-47/
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"S.J. Res. 47: A joint resolution to designate "National P.O.W. Recognition Day".." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-47/.
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S.J. Res. 47, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-47/.
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