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HR 4178 108th Congress House Commemorations Blacks Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights workers Congress Congressional gold medals Law Minorities Supreme Court justices

To award posthumously a congressional gold medal to Thurgood Marshall.

Introduced: April 20, 2004 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Apr 20, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 20, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the family of Thurgood Marshall (the first African-American Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court) in recognition of Marshall's contributions to the Nation.

What's happening now May 17, 2004

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 4, 2004
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 4, 2004
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 4, 2004
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 4, 2004
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 4, 2004
RODRIGUEZ, CIRO
· May 4, 2004
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 4, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 4, 2004
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 20, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4178: To award posthumously a congressional gold medal to Thurgood Marshall.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4178/
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