HR 1365
109th Congress
House
Commemorations
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Migrant labor
Nonviolence
Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act
Introduced: March 17, 2005
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mar 17, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or other personal representative of Cesar E. Chavez in recognition of his service to the Nation. (Chavez organized farm workers to campaign for safe and fair working conditions, founded the National Farm Workers Association-- predecessor of the United Farm Workers of America-- and was a recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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