Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act

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Passed the Senate without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 108th Congress ended.

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4 cosponsors · 2 D, 2 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Senate Introduced Mar 13, 2003
Senate Passed Mar 18, 2003

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Mar 18, 2003

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on March 13, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to construct in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, a memorial marker honoring the seven members of the crew of the Columbia Orbiter who died on February 1, 2003, during the landing of space shuttle mission STS-107.

Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to: (1) accept gifts and donations for that or another memorial or monument to the crew; and (2) transfer any donations accepted for the Arlington National Cemetery memorial.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act

Latest action (Mar 19, 2003): Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Policy area: Commemorations · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 13, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

Senate Introduced Mar 13, 2003
Senate Passed Mar 18, 2003

No recorded floor vote found.