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HRES 369 99th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Astronautics Astronauts Awards, medals, prizes Commemorations Space Space shuttles

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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Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now February 6, 1986

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

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