H.R. 431 114th Congress House

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as…

Official title: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Introduced: January 21, 2015 Introduced by: Terri A. Sewell Democratic · Alabama See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 7, 2015

Became Public Law No: 114-5.

Mar 7, 2015

Signed by President.

Mar 4, 2015

Presented to President.

Mar 3, 2015

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Mar 2, 2015

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Mar 2, 2015

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Mar 2, 2015

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1220)

Mar 2, 2015

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1220)

Feb 12, 2015

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

Feb 11, 2015

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 431.

Feb 11, 2015

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H930-937)

Feb 11, 2015

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Feb 11, 2015

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 76). (text: CR H930-931)

Feb 11, 2015

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H960-961)

Feb 11, 2015

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Feb 11, 2015

Mr. Huizenga (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Jan 21, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Jan 21, 2015

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Feb 11, 2015	House · vote #76	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed	420–0	See who voted →

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Latest action March 7, 2015

Became Public Law No: 114-5.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March during March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

(Sec. 4) The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals.

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