United States · Bill · S
S. 978 (106th)
George Washington Bicentennial Act of 1999
Introduced
6 May 1999
Last action
6 May 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA], Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO], Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
George Washington Bicentennial Act of 1999 - Requires that the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday be referred to by that name and no other: (1) by all U.S. Government entities and officials; and (2) whenever it appears in any federally funded publications.
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Timeline
6 May 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
6 May 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4897)
Source: IntroReferral
6 May 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 May 1999 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 May 1999
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 May 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 6 May 1999
Sponsors
- Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → George Washington, Bicentennial Act of 1999
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/978
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/978
- us · 106-s-978 · source updated 10 August 2026