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S.Con.Res.135 / 108th Congress

A concurrent resolution authorizing the printing of a commemorative document in memory of the late President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Official summary

Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Sep 28, 2004

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the printing as a Senate document of a commemorative document in memory of the former President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, consisting of the eulogies and encomiums for him, as expressed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, together with the texts of the state funeral ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, the national funeral service held at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia, and the interment ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] · R–TN

Committees

  • Committee on House Administration
1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  2. Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11019; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S11019)

  3. Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11019; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S11019)

  4. Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

  5. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  6. On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7698)

  7. Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7698)

  8. Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7698)

  9. Mr. Doolittle asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

  10. Committee on House Administration discharged.

  11. Committee on House Administration discharged.

  12. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

  13. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  14. Received in the House.

  15. Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8802; text as passed Senate: CR S8802; text of measure as introduced: CR S8776)

  16. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8802; text as passed Senate: CR S8802; text of measure as introduced: CR S8776)

  17. Introduced in Senate

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