<bill session="110" type="hr" number="1223" updated="2009-01-09T10:26:21-05:00">
	<status><introduced date="1211428800" datetime="2008-05-22"/></status>

	<introduced date="1211428800" datetime="2008-05-22"/>
	<titles>
		<title type="official" as="introduced">Honoring the service and accomplishments of Lieutenant Colonel John M. Shimkus, United States Army Reserve.</title>
	</titles>
	<sponsor id="400056"/>
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	</cosponsors>
	<actions>
		<action date="1211428800" datetime="2008-05-22"><text>Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.</text></action>
		<action date="1214193600" datetime="2008-06-23"><text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.</text></action>
	</actions>
	<committees>

	</committees>
	<relatedbills>

	</relatedbills>
	<subjects>

	</subjects>
	<amendments>

	</amendments>
	<summary>
	5/22/2008--Introduced.<br/>Honors Lieutenant Colonel John M. Shimkus for his service of over 28 years on the occasion of his retirement from the Army Reserve. Commends Lieutenant Colonel Shimkus for his dedication and commitment to excellence. Recognizes the tremendous dedication and fortitude with which Lieutenant Colonel Shimkus has led an exemplary career in public service, three times the citizen, having balanced his time in the Army Reserve with his duties as husband, father, businessman, community leader, high school teacher, citizen-soldier, and Congressman with consummate professionalism and boundless devotion to each. Recognizes Lieutenant Colonel Shimkus as a soldier, leader, and statesman, for displaying the highest levels of leadership, professional competence, integrity, and moral courage throughout his military service.<br/>
	</summary>
</bill>
