A bill to recognize the organization known as the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
Public Law 97-82 · H.R. 4734 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 20, 1981 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-IL-11)
Cosponsors (41): Rep. Peter Rodino, Rep. George Danielson,
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.
Grants a Federal charter to the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
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. 13 actions.
- Nov 20, 1981Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-82.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 12, 1981PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 10, 1981FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Judiciary Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Judiciary Committee
- Oct 27, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
- Oct 26, 1981FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 22, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
- Oct 20, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Judiciary Committee
- Oct 14, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary 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.