VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

S.Res. 550 · 113th Congress

A resolution commemorating the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Agreed to without a recorded vote. It was agreed to by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted.

1 cosponsor · 1 D

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

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 16, 2014
  2. Senate Passed Sep 16, 2014

Designates the period from September 2014 through September 2015 as the Year of National Thanksgiving for The Star-Spangled Banner.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Sep 16, 2014

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

Designates the period from September 2014 through September 2015 as the Year of National Thanksgiving for The Star-Spangled Banner.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Star-Spangled Banner shall retain all current verses and remain our national anthem in perpetuity.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution commemorating the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Latest action (Sep 16, 2014): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5650; text as passed Senate: CR S5636)

Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 16, 2014

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

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 16, 2014
  2. Senate Passed Sep 16, 2014

No recorded floor vote found.