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A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.
Introduced: July 8, 2019
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Dec 16, 2020
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Dec 16, 2020
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Dec 15, 2020
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7508-7509)
Dec 15, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7508-7509)
Dec 15, 2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7508-7509)
Dec 15, 2020
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 8, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 8, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, four Americans killed in the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Stevens was the U.S. Ambassador to Libya at the time, Smith was an officer in the Foreign Service, and Doherty and Woods were both government contractors and former Navy SEALs.)
After the medal has been awarded, it shall be given to the Central Intelligence Agency Museum.
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