SJRES 260
97th Congress
Senate
A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 1983
Became Public Law No: 97-472.
Jan 14, 1983
Signed by President.
Jan 3, 1983
Presented to President.
Jan 3, 1983
Measure Signed in Senate.
Dec 19, 1982
Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 19, 1982
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 17, 1982
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 17, 1982
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 17, 1982
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 1982
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 1, 1982
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Oct 1, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Oct 1, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Oct 1, 1982
Introduced in Senate
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Became Public Law No: 97-472.
Plain-English summary
Designates 1983 as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".
Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 260: A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-260/
"S.J. Res. 260: A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-260/.
S.J. Res. 260, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-260/.
[S.J. Res. 260: A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-260/)