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A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on August 2, 1987, and ending on August 8, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Week", and to designate August 3, 1987, as "International…

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A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on August 2, 1987, and ending on August 8, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Week", and to designate August 3, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Day".

Introduced: March 17, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 20, 1987
Became Public Law No: 100-75.
Jul 20, 1987
Signed by President.
Jul 13, 1987
Presented to President.
Jul 13, 1987
Measure Signed in Senate.
Jul 9, 1987
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Jul 9, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Jul 9, 1987
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 9, 1987
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 26, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Mar 24, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mar 24, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 20, 1987
Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 20, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 19, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 55.
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.
Mar 17, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 17, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the week beginning August 2 and ending August 8, 1987, as International Special Olympics Week and designates August 3, 1987, as International Special Olympics Day.

What's happening now July 20, 1987

Became Public Law No: 100-75.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 85: A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on August 2, 1987, and ending on August 8, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Week", and to designate August 3, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Day".. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-85/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 85: A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on August 2, 1987, and ending on August 8, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Week", and to designate August 3, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Day".." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-85/.
Bluebook (legal)
S.J. Res. 85, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-85/.
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[S.J. Res. 85: A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on August 2, 1987, and ending on August 8, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Week", and to designate August 3, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Day".](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-85/)
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