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S.J.Res. 163 (95th): A Joint Resolution designating March 30, 1979 and succeeding years as “Black Americans Day.”


Sponsor and status

Introduced
Sep 21, 1978
95th Congress (1977–1978)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This resolution was introduced on September 21, 1978, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Sponsor

Dewey Bartlett

Senator for Oklahoma

Republican

Source

History

Sep 21, 1978
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

S.J.Res. 163 (95th) was a joint resolution in the United States Congress.

A joint resolution is often used in the same manner as a bill. If passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and signed by the President, it becomes a law. Joint resolutions are also used to propose amendments to the Constitution.

Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number S.J.Res. 163. This is the one from the 95th Congress.

This joint resolution was introduced in the 95th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 1977 to Oct 15, 1978. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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