HOUSE 4682118th CongressReferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Last Action
- 7/17/2023
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- 2023-07-17Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-07-17Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-07-17Introduced in House
- 2023-07-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-17 (00)
Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate the Mercury 13 in recognition of their accomplishments as part of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs) Program (a privately funded project testing women pilots for astronaut fitness in the 1960s), their work for gender equity, and their example of women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Cosponsors (20)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Haley Stevens (D-MI)
- Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Colin Allred (D-TX)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Maria Salazar (R-FL)
- Mike Rogers (R-AL)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Michael Turner (R-OH)
- James Baird (R-IN)
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