S 2439
108th Congress
Senate
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Health
Physicians
A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.
Introduced: May 19, 2004
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May 19, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5802)
May 19, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5801-5802)
May 19, 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 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5802)
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