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Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution

Introduced: September 24, 2002 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Nov 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Nov 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Sep 24, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 24, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government and the States should make it a priority to ensure a stable, quality direct support workforce for individuals with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities that advances national commitment to community integration for such individuals and personal security for them and their families.
What's happening now November 14, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 14, 2002
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Oct 3, 2002
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 25, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 477: Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-477/
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"H. Con. Res. 477: Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-477/.
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H. Con. Res. 477, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-477/.
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