Skip to main content
HRES 720 116th Congress House Sports and Recreation Athletes International organizations and cooperation Olympic games

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic…

Show full title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.

Introduced: March 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This resolution expired with the 116th Congress
It was not agreed to before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Mar 4, 2020
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 4, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 20, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 20, 2019
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's athletic achievements as the sole Gold Medalist in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correct these inaccuracies in the official Olympic books.

What's happening now March 4, 2020

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 11 Republican 7
D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 4, 2020
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 4, 2020
Yoho, Ted
· Mar 4, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Mar 3, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Mar 3, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 3, 2020
Cook, Paul
· Feb 4, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 27, 2020
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 27, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 10, 2019
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Nov 26, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Nov 26, 2019
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Nov 20, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Nov 20, 2019
Heck, Denny
· Nov 20, 2019
 R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Nov 20, 2019
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Nov 20, 2019
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Nov 20, 2019
Levin, Andy
· Nov 20, 2019
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Nov 20, 2019
O'Halleran, Tom
· Nov 20, 2019
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Nov 20, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Nov 20, 2019
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Nov 20, 2019
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 720: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-720/
MLA
"H. Res. 720: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-720/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Res. 720, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-720/.
Markdown link
[H. Res. 720: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-720/)
Report a problem