HRES 17 98th Congress House

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…

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Official title: 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: February 8, 1983 See on congress.gov

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Awards, medals, prizesBlack leadershipCommemorations

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

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

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Latest action October 6, 1983

Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.

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.

Related & companion bills 1

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Census and Population Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 4

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · May 3, 1983

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Mar 7, 1983

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Feb 8, 1983

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Feb 8, 1983

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 17: 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.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-17/

MLA

"H. Res. 17: 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.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-17/.

Bluebook (legal)

H. Res. 17, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-17/.

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[H. Res. 17: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-17/)