HRES 37
102th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Foreign news
Freedom of the press
Government and the press
Reporters and reporting
Relating to press coverage of military actions in the Persian Gulf.
Introduced: January 18, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Investigations.
Feb 7, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jan 18, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 18, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Calls on the Department of Defense to: (1) cease the imposition of military security review panels that could result in unwarranted censorship of the news media; (2) make such military security rules voluntary; and (3) expand news media pool coverage of combat to include as many accredited correspondents as possible and suspend such pool requirements when they are no longer necessary.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Investigations.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1