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Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act

Introduced: April 12, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Apr 12, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)
Apr 12, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2619-2620)
Apr 12, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 April 12, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4527 Identical bill Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 27, 2000
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jul 27, 2000
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 12, 2000
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 12, 2000
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jul 12, 2000
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 12, 2000
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 12, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2408: Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2408/
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"S. 2408: Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2408/.
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S. 2408, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2408/.
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