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HRES 257 109th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946.

Introduced: May 4, 2005 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Jun 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
May 4, 2005
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson, while in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge on January 2, 1946.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 257: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-257/
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"H. Res. 257: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-257/.
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H. Res. 257, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-257/.
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[H. Res. 257: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-257/)
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