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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 See on congress.gov
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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 Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Benjamin Elijah Mays.

What's happening now October 6, 1983

Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.

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