VETERANS DAY
Bills and resolutions
Broadcasting: request that television and radio stations provide a moment of silence or a public service announcement each year (see H. Con. Res. 266), H7959 [8NO]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
Observance: encourage greater recognition (see H. Con. Res. 86), H1189 [27MR]
———maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 293), H8343 [19NO] (see H. Res. 298), H8731 [29NO]
Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment (see H.R. 157), H60 [6JA]
Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
Voting: move the legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in Presidential election years (see H.R. 62), H26 [3JA]
Poems
``Flag Goes By,'' Henry Holcomb Bennett, S11654 [9NO]
Remarks in House
Animals: tribute to war dogs, E1839 [10OC]
Berlin, MA: tribute to Berlin Memorial Elementary School Veterans Day program, E1996 [2NO]
Dept. of the Interior: waive entrance fees to national parks on Veterans Day weekend, H7912 [8NO]
Observance, H7834 [6NO], H7912, H7913 [8NO], E2035, E2037, E2047 [8NO], E2055, E2056 [13NO]
———maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (H. Res. 293), E2136 [27NO]
———maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (H. Res. 298), H8807-H8811 [4DE], H8880 [5DE], E2207 [5DE], E2219 [7DE]
Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment (H.R. 157), E934 [24MY]
Voting: move the legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in Presidential election years (H.R. 62), H810 [8MR]
Remarks in Senate
Fort Scott, KS: Fort Scott National Cemetery expansion dedication, S11525 [7NO]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 143), S8483 [31JY], S9007 [3AU]
Observance, S11604 [8NO], S11653, S11656 [9NO]
Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (S. Res. 143), S8483 [31JY], S9007 [3AU]
Reports filed
Educational Programs Development on Veterans' Contributions to the Country and National Veterans Awareness Week Designation: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 143), S8703 [2AU]
Texts of
H. Res. 298, maintain Veterans Day observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday, H8807 [4DE]
S. Res. 143, educational programs development on veterans' contributions to the country and National Veterans Awareness Week designation, S8482 [31JY]