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A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Introduced: October 28, 2013 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct 28, 2013
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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 posthumous award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of the contributions of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, two former Navy SEAL members who sacrificed their lives on September 11, 2012, while serving as part of a U.S. diplomatic security detachment in Libya.

What's happening now October 28, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 5, 2014
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 26, 2014
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Oct 28, 2013
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Oct 28, 2013
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1587: A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1587/
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"S. 1587: A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1587/.
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