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HJRES 140 101th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorations Deaf Deafness Special weeks

Designating March 7 through March 13, 1989, as "Deaf Awareness Week".

Introduced: February 9, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 22, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 20, 1989
Received in the Senate.
Nov 20, 1989
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 20, 1989
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Nov 20, 1989
On passage Passed without objection.
Nov 20, 1989
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Nov 20, 1989
Considered by unanimous consent.
Nov 20, 1989
Mr. Sawyer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Nov 20, 1989
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service discharged.
Feb 16, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Feb 9, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Feb 9, 1989
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 361 — Amendment changed the date for "Deaf Awareness Week" to March 11-17, 1990. Agreed to Nov 20, 1989
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates March 11 through March 17, 1990, as Deaf Awareness Week.

What's happening now November 22, 1989

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SJRES 227 Related bill A joint resolution to designate March 11, through March 17, 1990, as "Deaf Awareness Week".
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 19, 1989
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 19, 1989
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 19, 1989
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 22, 1989
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Feb 28, 1989
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 9, 1989
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 9, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 140: Designating March 7 through March 13, 1989, as "Deaf Awareness Week".. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-140/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 140: Designating March 7 through March 13, 1989, as "Deaf Awareness Week".." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-140/.
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H.J. Res. 140, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-140/.
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