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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays in honor of his distinguished career as an educator, civil and human rights leader, and public theologian.
Introduced: February 14, 2001
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 30, 2001
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12272; text of measure as passed Senate: CR S12272)
Nov 30, 2001
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12272; text of measure as passed Senate: CR S12272)
Nov 8, 2001
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217.
Nov 8, 2001
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Nov 8, 2001
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1434)
Feb 14, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1434-1435)
Feb 14, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays in honor of his distinguished career as an educator, civil and human rights leader, and public theologian.
What's happening now
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12272; text of measure as passed Senate: CR S12272)
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