Designates 1983 as the Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America.
Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag.
Establishes the Presidential Commission for the German-American Tricentennial to coordinate the commemoration of the Tricentennial. Directs that all expenditures by the Commission be made from donated funds. Requires a report from the Commission by, and terminates the Commission on, January 31, 1984.
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Enacted as Public Law 97-472
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Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-472.
Became Public Law No: 97-472.