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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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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 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 May 19, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5802)

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Cornyn, John
Texas · May 19, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2439: A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2439/
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