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SJRES 170 97th Congress Senate Health Commemorations Hospices (Terminal care) Special weeks

A joint resolution to designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as "National Hospice Week".

Introduced: March 18, 1982 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 1982
Became Public Law No: 97-182.
May 24, 1982
Signed by President.
May 13, 1982
Presented to President.
May 13, 1982
Measure Signed in Senate.
May 11, 1982
Passed House by Voice Vote.
May 11, 1982
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
May 11, 1982
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
May 11, 1982
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 5, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Apr 1, 1982
Passed Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.
Apr 1, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 30, 1982
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 471.
Mar 30, 1982
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Mar 30, 1982
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 18, 1982
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 18, 1982
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as National Hospice Week.

What's happening now May 24, 1982

Became Public Law No: 97-182.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 170: A joint resolution to designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as "National Hospice Week".. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-170/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 170: A joint resolution to designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as "National Hospice Week".." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-170/.
Bluebook (legal)
S.J. Res. 170, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-170/.
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[S.J. Res. 170: A joint resolution to designate the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as "National Hospice Week".](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-170/)
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