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H.R. 4987 (97th)
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of Assistant Secretaries in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Introduced
16 November 1981
Last action
3 March 1982 · Committee
Status
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.
Sponsors
Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3], Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7], Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1], Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5], Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1], Rep. Fiedler, Bobbi [R-CA-21], Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10], Rep. Mitchell, Donald J. [R-NY-31], Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3], Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
6 June 2025
Summary
Increases the number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense from seven to eight. Designates one of the Assistant Secretaries as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic and Homeland Defense.
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Timeline
16 November 1981
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
16 November 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 November 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 December 1981
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.
Source: Committee
2 December 1981
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Source: Committee
3 March 1982
Committee
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 November 1981
Sponsors
- Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fiedler, Bobbi [R-CA-21] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Mitchell, Donald J. [R-NY-31] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2] · R · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/4987
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/4987
- us · 97-hr-4987 · source updated 6 June 2025