Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Honor/Sponsor
Date Enacted:
Saturday, October 17, 1998
Short Title:
"Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999"
PL:
105-261
Statute At Large:
112 Stat 1920
Named For?:
Sen. James Strom Thurmond (SC), who was Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee until 1999.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title; Thurmond announced in 1997 he would step down as SASC chair, which he did in 1999