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HR 1375 109th Congress House Commemorations Cardiovascular diseases Congress Congressional gold medals Health Physicians Surgeons

To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.

Introduced: April 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 15, 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
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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 April 15, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 14, 2006
EDWARDS, CHET
· Apr 14, 2005
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· Apr 14, 2005
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 17, 2005
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 17, 2005
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 17, 2005
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Mar 17, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1375: To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1375/
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"H.R. 1375: To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1375/.
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H.R. 1375, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1375/.
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