HR 5393
97th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Rescue work
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal to Lenny Skutnik, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to strike duplicates of such medal for public sale.
Introduced: January 28, 1982
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 16, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Jan 28, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Jan 28, 1982
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requests the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Lenny Skutnik, in recognition of his heroic rescue of one of the victims of the airline crash into the Potomac River on January 13, 1982.
Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to cause bronze duplicates of such medal to be coined for sale to the general public.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Committees of jurisdiction
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