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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory.

Introduced: March 5, 1984 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Mar 13, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Mar 5, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mar 5, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory as the oldest survivor of congenital severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

What's happening now March 13, 1984

Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 26, 1984
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 11, 1984
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 1984
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 451: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-451/
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"H. Res. 451: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-451/.
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H. Res. 451, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-451/.
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[H. Res. 451: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-451/)
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