SJRES 97
100th Congress
Senate
Commemorations
Adoption
Special weeks
A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 22, 1987, as "National Adoption Week".
Everywhere this bill has been
19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 1987
Became Public Law No: 100-172.
Nov 19, 1987
Signed by President.
Nov 16, 1987
Presented to President.
Nov 16, 1987
Measure Signed in Senate.
Nov 10, 1987
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Nov 10, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Nov 10, 1987
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 10, 1987
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 10, 1987
Subcommittee on Census and Population Discharged.
Nov 9, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Nov 3, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Nov 3, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 30, 1987
Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Oct 30, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Oct 29, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 401.
Oct 29, 1987
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Oct 29, 1987
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 18, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 18, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Designates the week of November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Adoption Week.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 100-172.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
1 version
- Public Law PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 97: A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 22, 1987, as "National Adoption Week".. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-97/
"S.J. Res. 97: A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 22, 1987, as "National Adoption Week".." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-97/.
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