H.R. 988 · 119th Congress
To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois, to move the principal office of such Corps to Murphysboro, Illinois, and for other purposes.
Status: Passed House
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (done)
- Passed House (current)
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
This bill moves the National Woman's Relief Corps' place of incorporation and domicile from the District of Columbia to Illinois and moves its principal office in Illinois from Springfield to Murphysboro.
The National Woman's Relief Corps is a federally chartered corporation whose purposes include (1) perpetuating the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and those who saved the Union during the Civil War; (2) preserving, and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members; and (3) honoring those who have patriotically served the United States in any war.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 988.
- House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1927-1929; text: CR H1927)
- House
Mr. Jordan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- House
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House