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HR 5393 97th Congress House

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…

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Official title: 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: February 23, 1982 See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Awards, medals, prizesCommemorationsRescue work
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It never became law before the 97th Congress (1981–1982) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 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
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 Latest action February 16, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Apr 5, 1982
TAUZIN, W.
· Apr 5, 1982
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 23, 1982
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 23, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5393: 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.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5393/
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"H.R. 5393: 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.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5393/.
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H.R. 5393, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5393/.
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