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HRES 959 110th Congress House

Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations.

Introduced: March 14, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 6, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 6, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 29, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honors the contributions of the Adopt-a-Platoon Soldier Support Effort for supporting deployed U.S. service members in all branches of the military.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1 Republican 4
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 14, 2008
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 6, 2008
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 5, 2008
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 13, 2008
Davis, David
· Feb 13, 2008
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Feb 13, 2008
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 12, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 959: Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-959/
MLA
"H. Res. 959: Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-959/.
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H. Res. 959, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-959/.
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