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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: February 21, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Mar 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Feb 21, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Feb 21, 1985
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 7, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 28, 1985
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 28, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 71: 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.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-71/
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"H. Res. 71: 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.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-71/.
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H. Res. 71, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-71/.
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[H. Res. 71: 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/99-HRES-71/)
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