HR 4527
106th Congress
House
Commemorations
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Cryptography
Government Operations and Politics
History
Language and languages
Marines
Military history
Minorities
Native Americans
Silver
World War II
Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act
Introduced: May 23, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
May 23, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
May 23, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act - Authorizes the President to: (1) present to each of the original twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers or a surviving family member, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal honoring the Navajo Code Talkers; and (2) award to each man who qualified as a Navajo Code Talker (MOS 642) or a surviving family member a silver medal. Provides that such medals are to express recognition by the United States and its citizens in honoring the Navajo Code Talkers who distinguished themselves in performing a unique, highly successful communications operation that greatly assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end of World War II in the Pacific.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates.
Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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