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HRES 369 99th Congress House

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E.…

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Official title: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnick, all of whom died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

Introduced: January 30, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 6, 1986
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 30, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Jan 30, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 6, 1986

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnik, all of whom died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 3, 1986
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 30, 1986
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 30, 1986
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 30, 1986
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 30, 1986
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jan 30, 1986
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 30, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 369: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnick, all of whom died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-369/
MLA
"H. Res. 369: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnick, all of whom died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-369/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Res. 369, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-369/.
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[H. Res. 369: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnick, all of whom died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-369/)
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