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HR 1093 108th Congress House

Code Talkers Recognition Act

Official title: To authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century in recognition of their service to the Nation.

Introduced: September 30, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Mar 5, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mar 5, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I; and (3) to any other Native American member of the armed forces, identified by the Secretary of Defense, who served as a Code Talker in any foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act and to deposit the proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to pay for the costs of the medals awarded under this Act.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 30, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 17, 2003
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jul 24, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 25, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 13, 2003
CARSON, BRAD
· Mar 11, 2003
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Mar 11, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 6, 2003
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