S. 448 109th Congress Senate

A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring…

Official title: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognitio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.

Introduced: February 17, 2005 Introduced by: Lisa Murkowski Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

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Feb 17, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1661)

Feb 17, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1660-1661)

Feb 17, 2005

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action February 17, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1661)

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to award a gold medal of appropriate design posthumously to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich, in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.

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Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
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Cosponsors 2

Cantwell, Maria

Washington · Feb 17, 2005

Murray, Patty

Washington · Feb 17, 2005

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 448: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-448/

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"S. 448: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-448/.

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S. 448, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-448/.

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[S. 448: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-448/)