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SRES 23 107th Congress Senate

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…

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Official title: 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: March 12, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
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
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 Latest action November 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)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 23: 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.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SRES-23/
MLA
"S. Res. 23: 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.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SRES-23/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. Res. 23, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SRES-23/.
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[S. Res. 23: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SRES-23/)
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