100 STAT. 3350
PUBLIC LAW 99-597—NOV. 3, 1986
Public Law 99-597 99th Congress
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Nov. 3, 1986 rg 2948]
Space program.
To authorize the President to promote posthumously the late Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka to the grade of Colonel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized to promote posthumously to the grade of colonel the late Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka, United States Air Force, who died on January 28, 1986, while serving as a crew member on the space shuttle Challenger. SEC. 2. No increase in compensation or benefits based on the military service of the late Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka shall result from a posthumous promotion authorized under the first section of this Act. Approved November 3, 1986.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2948: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): Oct. 17, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 18, considered and passed House.
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