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HR 3925 103th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Army personnel Black military personnel Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Military discharges Minorities Officer personnel Racial discrimination

To authorize and request a posthumous commission in the Army for Johnson Chesnut Whittaker.

Introduced: March 1, 1994 Introduced by: Clyburn, James E. Democratic · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 1994
Executive Comment Requested from Army.
Mar 8, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel.
Mar 1, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 1, 1994
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E288-289)
Mar 1, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes and requests the President to issue a posthumous commission of Army second lieutenant to Johnson Chestnut Whittaker.

What's happening now March 8, 1994

Executive Comment Requested from Army.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 17, 1994
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 3, 1994
 D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · Mar 3, 1994
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 3, 1994
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 3, 1994
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 3, 1994
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 3, 1994
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 3, 1994
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3925: To authorize and request a posthumous commission in the Army for Johnson Chesnut Whittaker.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3925/
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"H.R. 3925: To authorize and request a posthumous commission in the Army for Johnson Chesnut Whittaker.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3925/.
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H.R. 3925, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3925/.
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