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S.J.Res. 35: A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.

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S.J.Res. 35: A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-22 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-341.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-341. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends Public Law 108-331 (authorizing the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System [VERITAS] project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona) to authorize the Board to carry out construction and related activities in support of the VERITAS project at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory Base Camp on Mount Hopkins, Arizona, or other similar location.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S.J. Res. 35, A bill to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona (2008-08-25); CBO cost estimate: S.J. Res. 35, A bill to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona (2008-08-25)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Joint resolution
In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-sjres35 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110