HR 310
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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.
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16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 21, 2022
Signed by President.
Dec 21, 2022
Became Public Law No: 117-256.
Dec 16, 2022
Presented to President.
Dec 9, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 8, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7083)
Dec 8, 2022
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7083)
Dec 8, 2022
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 27, 2022
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 26, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7129)
Jul 26, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 26, 2022
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7129)
Jul 26, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 310.
Jul 26, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7129-7131)
Jul 26, 2022
Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jan 13, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This act 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.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 117-256.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
294
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Buchanan, Vern
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Davidson, Warren
R
Guest, Michael
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Sarbanes, John
R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
D
Brown, Shontel M.
JOHNSON, EDDIE
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Rouzer, David
D
Slotkin, Elissa
D
Soto, Darren
D
Aguilar, Pete
Bass, Karen
Herrell, Yvette
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Wexton, Jennifer
KIND, RON
Delgado, Antonio
R
Dunn, Neal P.
R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
UPTON, FRED
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
R
Bentz, Cliff
D
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
Newman, Marie
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
Castro, Joaquin
R
Cloud, Michael
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
D
Garamendi, John
Sires, Albio
R
Cammack, Kat
R
Carter, John R.
D
Kim, Andy
R
Malliotakis, Nicole
R
Bice, Stephanie I.
Garcia, Mike
D
Stanton, Greg
R
Feenstra, Randy
LaTurner, Jake
R
Obernolte, Jay
R
Huizenga, Bill
R
Schweikert, David
D
Strickland, Marilyn
R
Calvert, Ken
R
Joyce, John
D
Norcross, Donald
Pence, Greg
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Smucker, Lloyd
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 310: 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-310/
"H.R. 310: 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-310/.
H.R. 310, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-310/.
[H.R. 310: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-310/)