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A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their…

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A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.

Introduced: October 1, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Oct 1, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9973-9974)
Oct 1, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9973)
Oct 1, 2001
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their service to the Nation.
What's happening now October 1, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9973-9974)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 10, 2002
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 25, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1476: A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1476/
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"S. 1476: A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1476/.
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S. 1476, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1476/.
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