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HJRES 636 98th Congress House

A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week commencing October 7, 1984 as National Port Week.

Introduced: October 1, 1984 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 3, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Oct 2, 1984
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Oct 2, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Oct 2, 1984
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 2, 1984
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 8, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Aug 8, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 3, 1984

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning October 7, 1984, as National Port Week.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Oct 1, 1984
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Oct 1, 1984
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 1, 1984
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Oct 1, 1984
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 1, 1984
TAUZIN, W.
· Oct 1, 1984
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 1, 1984
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 636: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week commencing October 7, 1984 as National Port Week.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-636/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 636: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week commencing October 7, 1984 as National Port Week.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-636/.
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H.J. Res. 636, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-636/.
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[H.J. Res. 636: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week commencing October 7, 1984 as National Port Week.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HJRES-636/)
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