Senate joint resolution · 102nd Congress · Public Law 102-146
A joint resolution designating October 1991 as "National Down Syndrome Awareness Month".
Became law on Oct 28, 1991.
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Lugar R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 1991
- Committee actionOct 1, 1991
- Passed SenateOct 1, 1991 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseOct 17, 1991 · without objection
- To the PresidentOct 22, 1991
- Became lawOct 28, 1991
Latest action: Oct 28, 1991 — Became Public Law No: 102-146.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
56 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 34 Democrats, 2 independents
34 of 56 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Christopher Bond (R-MO), William Bradley (D-NJ), John Breaux (D-LA), George Brown (R-CO), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Quentin Burdick (D-ND), Robert Byrd (D-WV), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), John Danforth (R-MO), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), David Durenberger (R-MN), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Edwin Garn (R-UT), John Glenn (D-OH), Albert Gore (D-TN), Daniel Graham (D-FL), William Gramm (R-TX) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 102nd Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Lugar.
- S.Res. 178 (102nd) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on Chinese political prisoners and Chinese prisons.
- S. 499 (102nd) A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to remove the requirement that schools participating in the school lunch program offer…
- S. 2646 (102nd) Electric Financing Amendments Act of 1992
- S. 1700 (102nd) A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the application of such Act to disabled railroad annuitants, and for other purposes.
- S. 899 (102nd) A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to recognize, support, and promote the use of volunteers to assist older Americans, to…
- S. 1771 (102nd) A bill to extend to 1991 crops the disaster assistance provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.