HOUSE 1396116th CongressBecame Public Law No: 116-68.

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

Last Action: 11/8/2019

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2019-11-08Became Public Law No: 116-68.
2019-11-08Became Public Law No: 116-68.
2019-11-08Signed by President.
2019-11-08Signed by President.
2019-10-29Presented to President.
2019-10-29Presented to President.
2019-10-21Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2019-10-17Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5904)
2019-10-17Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5904)
2019-09-23Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214.
2019-09-19Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-09-19On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7812-7813)
2019-09-19Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7812-7813)
2019-09-19DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1396.
2019-09-19Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7812-7814)

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CRS Summary

As of 2019-11-08 (49)

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

(Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of

one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician;
one Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer;
two Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race; and
one Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) between the 1930s and the 1970s.

(Sec. 4) The Department of the Treasury may strike and sell bronze duplicates of these medals.

Cosponsors (20)

FRANK LUCAS (R-OK)
Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Elaine Luria (D-VA)
SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Filemon Vela (D-TX)
Bill Foster (D-IL)
Charlie Crist (D-FL)
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
Al Lawson (D-FL)
C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Dina Titus (D-NV)
BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)

Subjects

Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
Space flight and exploration
Women's employment

Became law: Pub. L. 116-68

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