WHAT DOES THE AKAKA BILL SAY? WHAT IS THE TEXT OF THE CURRENT, ACTIVE VERSION OF THE AKAKA BILL?
Three matched pairs (companion bills with identical content) of the Akaka bill are active in the 111th Congress. Their dates of introduction and bill numbers are:
(1) February 4, 2009, S.381 and H.R.862;
(2) March 25, 2009: S.708 and H.R.1711;
(3) May 7, 2009: S.1011 and H.R.2314.
Presumably the most recently introduced version (May 7, 2009) will be the active one (see item #3 below); but in 2006 there was actually a decoy bill introduced shortly before a Senate floor fight, whose purpose was to distract attention from the bill actually being pushed. Therefore we need to exercise great caution regarding which bill is the "real" one. For a commentary about this simultaneous deployment of three versions of the bill, see:
"Akaka Bill Shell Game, May 2009 -- 3 versions are now active in both the House and Senate, but which is the real one?" at:
http://www.angelfire.com/big09a/AkakaShellGameMay2009.html
Here is full text of all 3 versions of the Akaka bill now formally introduced in 111th Congress:
(1) February 4, 2009 identical Senate and House bills S.381 and H.R.862
http://www.angelfire.com/big09a/Akaka020409S381HR862.html
(2) March 25, 2009 identical Senate and House bills S.708 and H.R.1711
http://www.angelfire.com/big09a/Akaka032509S708HR1711.html
(3)May 7, 2009 identical Senate and House bills S.1011 and H.R.2314
http://www.angelfire.com/big09a/Akaka050709S1011HR2314.html
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