S 2179
108th Congress
Senate
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Congressional gold medals
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A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Reverend Oliver L. Brown.
Introduced: March 9, 2004
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 9, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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