SRES 299 115th Congress Senate Education Art, artists, authorship Commemorative events and holidays Elementary and secondary education Higher education Language arts

A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 20, 2017, as the "National Day on Writing".

Introduced: October 19, 2017 See on congress.gov

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Oct 19, 2017

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6700; text as passed Senate: CR S6656)

Oct 19, 2017

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6700; text as passed Senate: CR S6656)

Oct 19, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses support for the designation of October 20, 2017, as the National Day on Writing.

What's happening now October 19, 2017

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6700; text as passed Senate: CR S6656)

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Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Oct 19, 2017

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 299: A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 20, 2017, as the "National Day on Writing".. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-299/

MLA

"S. Res. 299: A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 20, 2017, as the "National Day on Writing".." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-299/.

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S. Res. 299, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-299/.

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[S. Res. 299: A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 20, 2017, as the "National Day on Writing".](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-299/)