Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987
Public Law 100-26 · H.R. 1783 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Apr 21, 1987 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Leslie Aspin (D-WI-1)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. William Dickinson
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987 - Makes various technical and clerical corrections to specified provisions of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, and to Federal armed forces provisions, including corrections relating to: (1) military pay; (2) defense budgets; (3) defense procurement; (4) military construction operations; (5) military personnel; (6) intelligence operations; and (7) small business.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 7 actions.
- Apr 21, 1987Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-26.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Apr 10, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Apr 8, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Mar 31, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 25, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Armed Services Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.