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115th Congress
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Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act
Introduced: August 1, 2018
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 20, 2018
Received in the House.
Nov 16, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 15, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 15, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 15, 2018
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7064-7065)
Nov 15, 2018
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 1, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 1, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of:
- one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician;
- one Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer; and
- two Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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