Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Technical Corrections Act
Public Law 97-22 · H.R. 3807 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jul 10, 1981 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. William Nichols (D-AL-3)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Donald Mitchell
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 Officer Personnel Management Act Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to make technical corrections.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.
- Jul 10, 1981Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-22.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jun 29, 1981PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jun 25, 1981FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Armed Services Committee
- Jun 18, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Armed Services Committee
- Jun 16, 1981FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- Jun 11, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Armed Services Committee
- Jun 4, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by House Armed Services Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · 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.