HR 2868
108th Congress
House
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Health
Physicians
To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.
Introduced: July 24, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 25, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Jul 24, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jul 24, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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