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A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Reverend Oliver L. Brown.

Introduced: March 9, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 9, 2004
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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 posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of the Reverend Oliver L. Brown (the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education) in recognition of his and his fellow plaintiffs' enduring contributions to civil rights and American society.

What's happening now March 9, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4162 Related bill Reverend Oliver L. Brown Congressional Gold Medal Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 29, 2004
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 22, 2004
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Mar 22, 2004
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 22, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2179: A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Reverend Oliver L. Brown.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2179/
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