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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2369 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 212
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2369

                          [Report No. 112-313]

  To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional 
        power for the American Legion under its Federal charter.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2011

Mr. Altmire (for himself and Mr. Rooney) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                            December 5, 2011

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Garrett, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
 Hastings of Florida, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Fattah, 
Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Alexander, 
Mr. McKinley, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Nugent, Mr. 
   Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Posey, Mr. Brady of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. McCarthy of 
   New York, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Barletta, Mr. McNerney, Mr. 
  Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. Carney, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. 
 Hirono, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Wu, 
  Mr. Sires, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
   Cuellar, Mr. Polis, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
   Rahall, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Heinrich, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Peters, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
 Holden, Mr. Critz, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Clarke of 
   New York, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Moore, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
 Fudge, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Clay, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
   Mr. Rush, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Holt, Ms. 
 Kaptur, Mr. Owens, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Markey, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Kissell, 
  Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Engel, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. 
Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Heck, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Coffman 
 of Colorado, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Franks of 
   Arizona, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
 Mulvaney, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cohen, 
  Mr. Cole, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Latta, Ms. Hayworth, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
 Runyan, Mr. West, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Lewis of 
 California, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Long, Mr. 
  Dreier, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Chandler, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
Walberg, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Hochul, Ms. 
  Speier, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Mack, 
Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Jordan, Mr. 
Chaffetz, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Reed, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Rogers 
   of Alabama, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
 Platts, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, Mr. Huelskamp, 
Mr. Rokita, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
 Israel, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, 
     Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Austria, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
   Farenthold, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mrs. Noem, Mr. 
DesJarlais, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Lance, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Boren, 
Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Ross of 
 Arkansas, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Marino, Mr. Kelly, 
 Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
  Mr. Meehan, Mr. Pence, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Keating, Mr. 
Costello, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
California, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Gerlach, 
Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
 Latham, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Harris, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Brown 
 of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Pastor of 
 Arizona, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
 Braley of Iowa, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Dent, Ms. 
Edwards, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Honda, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Kildee, 
 Mr. Levin, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. George Miller of California, 
 Mr. Pallone, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
  Stark, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt, 
 Mrs. Black, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Webster, Mr. Scott 
of South Carolina, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Akin, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
Carter, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Chu, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crawford, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
Deutch, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. 
   McGovern, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. 
  Rangel, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Towns, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
 Welch, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dold, Mr. Filner, Mr. Herger, Mr. King of 
 Iowa, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Olson, 
 Mr. Pearce, Mr. Rivera, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. 
Walden, Mr. Mica, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Quigley, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Kucinich, 
 Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
 Reyes, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Bass of New Hampshire, Mr. Camp, Mr. Davis of 
Illinois, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Baldwin, 
Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
   Kind, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Fleming, Mr. 
 Gallegly, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie 
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Landry, 
Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Petri, Ms. Pingree 
 of Maine, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. David Scott of 
Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Thompson 
 of Mississippi, Mr. Upton, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Clyburn, Mrs. 
 Biggert, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
Berg, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Miller 
     of Michigan, Mr. Labrador, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
California, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Zoe 
 Lofgren of California, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Baca, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Schock, Mr. Denham, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Luetkemeyer, 
    Mr. Forbes, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Farr, Ms. 
    Schakowsky, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Payne, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
    Sullivan, Ms. Granger, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
   Whitfield, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Quayle, Mr. Austin Scott of 
   Georgia, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Bucshon, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. 
 Hultgren, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Young of Indiana, 
 Mr. Brooks, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Canseco, Ms. Buerkle, Mr. 
Turner of Ohio, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Hall, 
    Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Bachmann, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
   Hensarling, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
  Schilling, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Womack, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. 
    Olver, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Graves of 
 Missouri, Mr. Grimm, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
Culberson, Mr. Flores, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
Renacci, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Royce, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stutzman, 
Mr. Woodall, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. 
 Turner of New York, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Paul, Mr. Tiberi, and 
                               Mr. Flake

                            December 5, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional 
        power for the American Legion under its Federal charter.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL POWER OF AMERICAL LEGION UNDER FEDERAL CHARTER.

    Section 2104 of title 36, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
        paragraph (8):
            ``(8) provide guidance and leadership to the individual 
        Departments and Posts, but may not control or otherwise 
        influence the specific activities and conduct of the 
        independent, autonomous Departments and Posts; and''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 212

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2369

                          [Report No. 112-313]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional 
        power for the American Legion under its Federal charter.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 5, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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