HR 1511 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Gold Medal to Tony Blair bill

Official title To award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Introduced Mar 31, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL

Latest action · Jun 26, 2003 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 31, 2003
Passed HouseJun 25, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to maintaining the security of all freedom-loving nations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) strike such gold medal (and authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals); and (2) deposit sums received from the sale of the bronze medals into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

Cosponsors 290

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2003 to Jun 17, 2003; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-NH	Jeb Bradley	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-NV	Jim Gibbons	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-LA	Richard H. Baker	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-CA	William M. Thomas	Original	Mar 31, 2003
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Apr 2, 2003
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Apr 2, 2003
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Apr 2, 2003
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Apr 2, 2003
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Apr 2, 2003
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Apr 2, 2003
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn		Apr 2, 2003
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Apr 2, 2003
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Apr 2, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Apr 2, 2003
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 2, 2003
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Apr 2, 2003
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Apr 2, 2003
R-FL	Mark Foley		Apr 2, 2003
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Apr 2, 2003
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Apr 2, 2003
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Apr 2, 2003
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Apr 2, 2003
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Apr 2, 2003
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Apr 2, 2003
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Apr 2, 2003
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Apr 2, 2003
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Apr 3, 2003
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		Apr 3, 2003
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Apr 3, 2003
R-NC	Howard Coble		Apr 3, 2003
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Apr 3, 2003
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Apr 3, 2003
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Apr 3, 2003
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Apr 3, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green		Apr 3, 2003
R-GA	Max Burns		Apr 3, 2003
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Apr 3, 2003
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 3, 2003
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Apr 3, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Apr 3, 2003
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Apr 3, 2003
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Apr 3, 2003
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Apr 3, 2003
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Apr 3, 2003
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Apr 3, 2003
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 3, 2003
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Apr 3, 2003
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Apr 8, 2003
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Apr 8, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Apr 8, 2003
R-PA	Phil English		Apr 8, 2003
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Apr 8, 2003
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 9, 2003
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Apr 9, 2003
R-MO	Kenny C. Hulshof		Apr 9, 2003
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Apr 9, 2003
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Apr 11, 2003
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		Apr 11, 2003
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Apr 11, 2003
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	Christopher Cox		Apr 11, 2003
D-LA	Christopher John		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Apr 11, 2003
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Apr 11, 2003
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Apr 11, 2003
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Apr 11, 2003
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Apr 11, 2003
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Apr 11, 2003
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Apr 11, 2003
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Apr 11, 2003
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Apr 11, 2003
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Apr 11, 2003
R-GA	John Linder		Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	John Shimkus		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Apr 11, 2003
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Apr 11, 2003
R-TX	Kay Granger		Apr 11, 2003
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Apr 11, 2003
R-GA	Mac Collins		Apr 11, 2003
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Apr 11, 2003
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Apr 11, 2003
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Apr 11, 2003
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Apr 11, 2003
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	Philip M. Crane		Apr 11, 2003
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 11, 2003
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Apr 11, 2003
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Apr 11, 2003
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Apr 11, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Apr 11, 2003
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Apr 11, 2003
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Apr 11, 2003
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 11, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Apr 11, 2003
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 11, 2003
R-AL	Terry Everett		Apr 11, 2003
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Apr 11, 2003
R-VA	Tom Davis		Apr 11, 2003
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Apr 11, 2003
R-IA	Tom Latham		Apr 11, 2003
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Apr 11, 2003
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		May 7, 2003
D-AL	Artur Davis		May 7, 2003
R-PA	Bill Shuster		May 7, 2003
D-OK	Brad Carson		May 7, 2003
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		May 7, 2003
R-IN	Chris Chocola		May 7, 2003
R-PA	Curt Weldon		May 7, 2003
R-MI	Dave Camp		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Dave Weldon		May 7, 2003
R-OH	David L. Hobson		May 7, 2003
D-GA	David Scott		May 7, 2003
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		May 7, 2003
D-KS	Dennis Moore		May 7, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		May 7, 2003
R-CA	Devin Nunes		May 7, 2003
R-AK	Don Young		May 7, 2003
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		May 7, 2003
R-VA	Eric Cantor		May 7, 2003
R-MI	Fred Upton		May 7, 2003
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		May 7, 2003
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 7, 2003
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		May 7, 2003
R-GA	Jack Kingston		May 7, 2003
R-NY	Jack Quinn		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Jeff Miller		May 7, 2003
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		May 7, 2003
R-SC	Jim DeMint		May 7, 2003
R-IA	Jim Nussle		May 7, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		May 7, 2003
R-AL	Jo Bonner		May 7, 2003
R-OH	John A. Boehner		May 7, 2003
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 7, 2003
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		May 7, 2003
R-MN	John Kline		May 7, 2003
R-FL	John L. Mica		May 7, 2003
D-TN	John S. Tanner		May 7, 2003
R-OK	John Sullivan		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		May 7, 2003
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		May 7, 2003
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		May 7, 2003
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		May 7, 2003
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		May 7, 2003
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Ric Keller		May 7, 2003
R-OH	Rob Portman		May 7, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons		May 7, 2003
R-MO	Sam Graves		May 7, 2003
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		May 7, 2003
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		May 7, 2003
R-OH	Steve Chabot		May 7, 2003
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		May 7, 2003
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		May 7, 2003
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		May 7, 2003
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 7, 2003
R-TX	Tom DeLay		May 7, 2003
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		May 7, 2003
D-LA	W. J. (Billy) Tauzin		May 7, 2003
R-NY	Amo Houghton		May 9, 2003
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		May 9, 2003
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		May 9, 2003
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		May 9, 2003
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		May 9, 2003
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 9, 2003
R-IN	Dan Burton		May 9, 2003
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 9, 2003
R-CA	David Dreier		May 9, 2003
R-LA	David Vitter		May 9, 2003
R-PA	Don Sherwood		May 9, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		May 9, 2003
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 9, 2003
R-IL	J. Dennis Hastert		May 9, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach		May 9, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran		May 9, 2003
R-LA	Jim McCrery		May 9, 2003
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		May 9, 2003
R-PA	John E. Peterson		May 9, 2003
R-NY	John M. McHugh		May 9, 2003
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 9, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		May 9, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry		May 9, 2003
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		May 9, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		May 9, 2003
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		May 9, 2003
R-MI	Nick Smith		May 9, 2003
R-FL	Porter J. Goss		May 9, 2003
R-IL	Ray LaHood		May 9, 2003
R-KY	Ron Lewis		May 9, 2003
R-CO	Scott McInnis		May 9, 2003
R-IN	Steve Buyer		May 9, 2003
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		May 9, 2003
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		May 9, 2003
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		May 9, 2003
R-NE	Tom Osborne		May 9, 2003
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		May 14, 2003
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		May 14, 2003
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		May 14, 2003
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		May 14, 2003
R-IN	Mike Pence		May 14, 2003
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		May 14, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		May 14, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		May 22, 2003
D-GA	Denise L. Majette		May 22, 2003
R-CA	Doug Ose		May 22, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		May 22, 2003
R-KY	Harold Rogers		May 22, 2003
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		May 22, 2003
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		May 22, 2003
R-TX	Joe Barton		May 22, 2003
D-PA	John P. Murtha		May 22, 2003
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		May 22, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		May 22, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost		May 22, 2003
D-TX	Max Sandlin		May 22, 2003
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		May 22, 2003
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		May 22, 2003
D-MO	Richard A. Gephardt		May 22, 2003
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		May 22, 2003
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		May 22, 2003
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		May 22, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Jun 5, 2003
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jun 5, 2003
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jun 5, 2003
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		Jun 5, 2003
D-OR	David Wu		Jun 5, 2003
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jun 5, 2003
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jun 5, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 5, 2003
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jun 5, 2003
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 5, 2003
D-FL	Jim Davis		Jun 5, 2003
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Jun 5, 2003
D-TX	Jim Turner		Jun 5, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Jun 5, 2003
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jun 5, 2003
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jun 5, 2003
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jun 5, 2003
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jun 5, 2003
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Jun 5, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Jun 10, 2003
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Jun 10, 2003
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Jun 10, 2003
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Jun 10, 2003
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Jun 10, 2003
D-CA	Jane Harman		Jun 10, 2003
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Jun 10, 2003
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Jun 10, 2003
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Jun 10, 2003
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Jun 10, 2003
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Jun 10, 2003
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jun 10, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jun 10, 2003
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Jun 12, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jun 12, 2003
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Jun 12, 2003
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Jun 12, 2003
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Jun 12, 2003
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Jun 12, 2003
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Jun 12, 2003
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 12, 2003
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jun 12, 2003
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jun 12, 2003
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Jun 17, 2003
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jun 17, 2003
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Jun 17, 2003
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jun 17, 2003
R-CA	George Radanovich		Jun 17, 2003
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 17, 2003
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 17, 2003
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Jun 17, 2003
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Jun 17, 2003
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Jun 17, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jun 17, 2003
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 17, 2003
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jun 17, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jun 17, 2003

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Mar 31, 2003
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2003

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 26, 2003Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jun 25, 2003Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 25, 2003Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5830-5837)
Jun 25, 2003DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1511.
Jun 25, 2003Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5830)

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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5830–H5837Text printed H5830	Adam B. Schiff D-CA, Barney Frank D-MA, Candice S. Miller R-MI, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL, Jim McDermott D-WA, Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA, Michael G. Oxley R-OH, Peter T. King R-NY, Porter J. Goss R-FL, Rahm Emanuel D-IL, Ron Paul R-TX	Jun 25, 2003
House	Debate and remarks H2669	Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL	Apr 2, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 709	A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.	Identical bill	Jul 17, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Popular Titles: Gold Medal to Tony Blair bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 26, 2003Referred in Senate
Mar 31, 2003Introduced in House

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