A bill to increase the numbers of members of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
Public Law 97-3 · S. 253 · 97th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Feb 10, 1981 · Law
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Increases the number of members of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
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. 9 actions.
- Feb 10, 1981Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-3.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jan 30, 1981PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jan 28, 1981FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Judiciary Committee
- Jan 27, 1981FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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.