HRES 17
98th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Awards, medals, prizes
Black leadership
Commemorations
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award Benjamin Elijah Mays the Presidential Medal of Freedom in honor of his distinguished career as an educator, civil rights leader, and theologian.
Introduced: January 3, 1983
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Oct 6, 1983
Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Oct 6, 1983
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Oct 6, 1983
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 6, 1983
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 3, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Jan 3, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Jan 3, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Benjamin Elijah Mays.
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Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
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