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SJRES 32 99th Congress Senate Commemorations Minorities Races Special days

A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate September 15, 1985, as "Ethnic American Day".

Introduced: January 29, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 23, 1985
Became Public Law No: 99-206.
Dec 23, 1985
Signed by President.
Dec 17, 1985
Presented to President.
Dec 17, 1985
Measure Signed in Senate.
Dec 12, 1985
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Dec 12, 1985
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Dec 12, 1985
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 12, 1985
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
May 20, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
May 16, 1985
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
May 16, 1985
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
May 16, 1985
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
May 9, 1985
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.
May 9, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
May 9, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 29, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 29, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 146 – To change the date of Ethnic American Day from September 15, 1985 to September 21, 1986. Agreed to May 16, 1985
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 15, 1985, as Ethnic American Day.

What's happening now December 23, 1985

Became Public Law No: 99-206.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 331 Related bill A joint resolution to designate September 21, 1986, as "Ethnic American Day".
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 20, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 32: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate September 15, 1985, as "Ethnic American Day".. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SJRES-32/
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"S.J. Res. 32: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate September 15, 1985, as "Ethnic American Day".." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SJRES-32/.
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S.J. Res. 32, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SJRES-32/.
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[S.J. Res. 32: A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate September 15, 1985, as "Ethnic American Day".](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SJRES-32/)
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