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SCONRES 36 108th Congress Senate Commemorations Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional tributes Families Government Operations and Politics Mass media Military dependents Military personnel Science, Technology, Communications War casualties

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Blue Star Service Banner and the Gold Star.

Introduced: April 11, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Apr 12, 2003
Held at the desk.
Apr 12, 2003
Received in the House.
Apr 12, 2003
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 11, 2003
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5394-5395; text as passed Senate: CR S5395; text of measure as introduced: CR S5387)
Apr 11, 2003
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5394-5395; text as passed Senate: CR S5395; text of measure as introduced: CR S5387)
Apr 11, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Honors, and calls on all Americans to honor, the men and women of the U.S. armed forces and their families.

Encourages those families to proudly display the Blue Star Service Banner (symbolizing military service of a family member) or, if a family member has died during such service, the Gold Star.

Calls upon the media to recognize the importance and symbolism of the Banner.

What's happening now April 12, 2003

Held at the desk.