SENATE 590116th 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.

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

Last Action: 3/29/2019

Actions

2019-03-29Referred 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.
2019-03-29Referred 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.
2019-03-29Received in the House.
2019-03-28Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2019-03-27Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2061-2062)
2019-03-27Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2061-2062)
2019-03-27Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2061-2062)
2019-03-27Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2061-2062)
2019-02-27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2019-02-27Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2019-03-27 (55)

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 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.

Certain of such medals shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where they shall be (1) available for display, as appropriate; and (2) made available for research.

The medal awarded in honor of Mary Jackson shall be given to her granddaughter, Wanda Jackson.

(Sec. 4) The Department of the Treasury may strike and sell bronze duplicates. Amounts received from the sale of such medals shall be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

Cosponsors (20)

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Cory Gardner (R-CO)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
John Kennedy (R-LA)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Shelley Capito (R-WV)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
Tim Scott (R-SC)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Angus King (I-ME)

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

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