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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HR 350          </title>
<shortdesc>URGE CONGRESS - BORINQUENEERS</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Luis Arroyo, Maria Antonia Berrios, Linda Chapa LaVia and All Other Members of the House</sponsors>
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<lastaction>
<statusdate>5/30/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Resolution Adopted</action>
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<SynopsisText>     Urges Congress to recognize the 65th Infantry Regiment of Puerto Rico, known as the Borinqueneers, and recommends that they receive the Congressional Gold Medal based on their gallant record of achievement on the battlefields, particularly in Korea from 1950 to 1953.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>5/15/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo</action>
<statusdate>5/16/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/20/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/21/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Veterans' Affairs Committee;  Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie</action>
<statusdate>5/21/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed</action>
<statusdate>5/21/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Recommends Be Adopted Veterans' Affairs Committee;  012-000-000</action>
<statusdate>5/22/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions</action>
<statusdate>5/28/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios</action>
<statusdate>5/28/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor All Other Members of the House</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Resolution Adopted</action>
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