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Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced: June 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Dec 15, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Dec 15, 2005
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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro Tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many contributions to peace and religious understanding.

What's happening now December 15, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 95
All 95 Democratic 39 Republican 11 Independent 1
SHADEGG, JOHN
· Sep 6, 2006
EHLERS, VERNON
· Jul 27, 2006
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Jul 27, 2006
Reichert, David
· Jul 27, 2006
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 27, 2006
BOYD, ALLEN
· Jul 26, 2006
CAMP, DAVE
· Jul 26, 2006
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 26, 2006
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Jul 26, 2006
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 26, 2006
INGLIS, BOB
· Jul 26, 2006
PUTNAM, ADAM
· Jul 26, 2006
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· Jul 26, 2006
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 26, 2006
STUPAK, BART
· Jul 26, 2006
Brown-Waite, Ginny
· Jul 25, 2006
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 25, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 24, 2006
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 24, 2006
SNYDER, VICTOR
· Jul 24, 2006
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 20, 2006
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Jul 19, 2006
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 12, 2006
Shuster, Bill
· Jul 12, 2006
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 12, 2006
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jun 29, 2006
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 29, 2006
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jun 29, 2006
Meek, Kendrick
· Jun 29, 2006
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· Jun 29, 2006
WU, DAVID
· Jun 29, 2006
BERRY, MARION
· Jun 26, 2006
BIGGERT, JUDY
· Jun 26, 2006
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 26, 2006
CANTOR, ERIC
· Jun 26, 2006
Cardoza, Dennis
· Jun 26, 2006
Davis, Artur
· Jun 26, 2006
EMERSON, JO
· Jun 26, 2006
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jun 26, 2006
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Jun 26, 2006
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 26, 2006
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 26, 2006
TANNER, JOHN
· Jun 26, 2006
BROWN, HENRY
· Jun 15, 2006
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 15, 2006
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 15, 2006
DIAZ-BALART, LINCOLN
· Jun 15, 2006
HARMAN, JANE
· Jun 15, 2006
INSLEE, JAY
· Jun 15, 2006
LINDER, JOHN
· Jun 15, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4562: Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4562/
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"H.R. 4562: Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4562/.
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