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HRES 49 108th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla,…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.

Introduced: February 11, 2003 See on congress.gov
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It was not agreed to before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 28, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Feb 4, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Feb 4, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Calls for the President to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the astronauts who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia: Rick Husband; William McCool; Michael Anderson; Kalpana Chawla; David Brown; Laurel Clark; and Ilan Ramon.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 4 Republican 3
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 26, 2003
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Mar 20, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 20, 2003
Ballance, Frank
· Feb 27, 2003
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 27, 2003
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Feb 27, 2003
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Feb 11, 2003
Isakson, Johnny
· Feb 11, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 2003
SANDLIN, MAX
· Feb 11, 2003
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Feb 11, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 11, 2003
Bell, Chris
· Feb 5, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 5, 2003
LAMPSON, NICK
· Feb 5, 2003
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Feb 5, 2003
TURNER, JIM
· Feb 5, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 49: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-49/
MLA
"H. Res. 49: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-49/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Res. 49, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-49/.
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[H. Res. 49: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon, all of whom died in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-49/)
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