HR 4902 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Mar 8, 2006 Originated House Became Public Law 109-357 Sponsor Michael C. Burgess R-TX

Latest action · Oct 16, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-357.

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 8, 2006
Passed HouseMay 9, 2006
Passed SenateSep 30, 2006
To the PresidentOct 6, 2006
Became lawOct 16, 2006Public Law 109-357

Summary

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

Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Byron Nelson in recognition of his contributions to the game of golf as a player, teacher, and commentator.

Cosponsors 302

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2006 to May 2, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Mar 8, 2006
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Mar 9, 2006
D-TX	Al Green		Mar 9, 2006
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Mar 9, 2006
D-WA	Brian Baird		Mar 9, 2006
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 9, 2006
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 9, 2006
R-IN	Chris Chocola		Mar 9, 2006
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 9, 2006
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Mar 9, 2006
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Mar 9, 2006
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Mar 9, 2006
R-CA	David Dreier		Mar 9, 2006
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Mar 9, 2006
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 9, 2006
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Mar 9, 2006
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Mar 9, 2006
R-OR	Greg Walden		Mar 9, 2006
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Mar 9, 2006
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Mar 9, 2006
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Mar 9, 2006
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Mar 9, 2006
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 9, 2006
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Mar 9, 2006
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Mar 9, 2006
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Mar 9, 2006
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Mar 9, 2006
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Mar 9, 2006
R-OH	John A. Boehner		Mar 9, 2006
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 9, 2006
R-IL	John Shimkus		Mar 9, 2006
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Mar 9, 2006
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Mar 9, 2006
R-IN	Mike Pence		Mar 9, 2006
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Mar 9, 2006
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 9, 2006
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Mar 9, 2006
R-PA	Phil English		Mar 9, 2006
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Mar 9, 2006
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Mar 9, 2006
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Mar 9, 2006
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Mar 9, 2006
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Mar 9, 2006
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 9, 2006
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Mar 9, 2006
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Mar 9, 2006
R-IA	Steve King		Mar 9, 2006
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Mar 9, 2006
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Mar 9, 2006
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Mar 9, 2006
R-OK	Tom Cole		Mar 9, 2006
R-TX	Tom DeLay		Mar 9, 2006
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Mar 9, 2006
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Mar 9, 2006
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 9, 2006
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Mar 9, 2006
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 14, 2006
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Mar 14, 2006
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 14, 2006
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 14, 2006
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 14, 2006
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Mar 15, 2006
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Mar 15, 2006
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 15, 2006
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Mar 15, 2006
R-NC	Howard Coble		Mar 15, 2006
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Mar 15, 2006
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Mar 15, 2006
D-AR	Mike Ross		Mar 15, 2006
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Mar 15, 2006
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 15, 2006
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 15, 2006
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 15, 2006
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 15, 2006
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Mar 16, 2006
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 16, 2006
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Mar 16, 2006
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Mar 16, 2006
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 16, 2006
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Mar 16, 2006
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Mar 16, 2006
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Mar 16, 2006
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Mar 16, 2006
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Mar 16, 2006
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 16, 2006
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 16, 2006
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Mar 16, 2006
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 16, 2006
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 16, 2006
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Mar 16, 2006
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Mar 16, 2006
R-MI	Fred Upton		Mar 16, 2006
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Mar 16, 2006
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Mar 16, 2006
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Mar 16, 2006
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Mar 16, 2006
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Mar 16, 2006
D-VA	James P. Moran		Mar 16, 2006
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Mar 16, 2006
R-NH	Jeb Bradley		Mar 16, 2006
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Mar 16, 2006
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Mar 16, 2006
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Mar 16, 2006
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Mar 16, 2006
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		Mar 16, 2006
R-LA	Jim McCrery		Mar 16, 2006
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Mar 16, 2006
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 16, 2006
D-CA	Joe Baca		Mar 16, 2006
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Mar 16, 2006
R-AR	John Boozman		Mar 16, 2006
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		Mar 16, 2006
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Mar 16, 2006
R-OK	John Sullivan		Mar 16, 2006
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Mar 16, 2006
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Mar 16, 2006
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Mar 16, 2006
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 16, 2006
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 16, 2006
R-NE	Lee Terry		Mar 16, 2006
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno		Mar 16, 2006
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Mar 16, 2006
R-FL	Mark Foley		Mar 16, 2006
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Mar 16, 2006
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Mar 16, 2006
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Mar 16, 2006
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Mar 16, 2006
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Mar 16, 2006
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Mar 16, 2006
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Mar 16, 2006
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Mar 16, 2006
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Mar 16, 2006
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 16, 2006
R-OH	Ralph Regula		Mar 16, 2006
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Mar 16, 2006
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Mar 16, 2006
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Mar 16, 2006
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Mar 16, 2006
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Mar 16, 2006
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Mar 16, 2006
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Mar 16, 2006
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Mar 16, 2006
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Mar 16, 2006
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Mar 16, 2006
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 16, 2006
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Mar 16, 2006
R-TX	Ted Poe		Mar 16, 2006
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Mar 16, 2006
R-VA	Tom Davis		Mar 16, 2006
R-GA	Tom Price		Mar 16, 2006
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Mar 16, 2006
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Mar 16, 2006
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Mar 16, 2006
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Mar 16, 2006
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Mar 16, 2006
R-CA	William M. Thomas		Mar 16, 2006
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Mar 28, 2006
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Mar 28, 2006
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 28, 2006
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Mar 28, 2006
D-OR	David Wu		Mar 28, 2006
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Mar 28, 2006
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Mar 28, 2006
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Mar 28, 2006
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Mar 28, 2006
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 28, 2006
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 28, 2006
R-GA	John Linder		Mar 28, 2006
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Mar 28, 2006
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Mar 28, 2006
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Mar 28, 2006
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Mar 28, 2006
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Mar 28, 2006
R-IN	Michael E. Sodrel		Mar 28, 2006
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Mar 28, 2006
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Mar 28, 2006
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Mar 28, 2006
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Mar 28, 2006
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Mar 28, 2006
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Mar 28, 2006
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Mar 28, 2006
R-CA	Wally Herger		Mar 28, 2006
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Mar 29, 2006
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 29, 2006
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 29, 2006
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 29, 2006
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Mar 29, 2006
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Mar 29, 2006
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Mar 29, 2006
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Mar 29, 2006
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Mar 29, 2006
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 29, 2006
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Mar 29, 2006
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Mar 29, 2006
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Mar 29, 2006
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Mar 29, 2006
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 30, 2006
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 30, 2006
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Mar 30, 2006
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Mar 30, 2006
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 30, 2006
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Mar 30, 2006
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 30, 2006
R-IA	James A. Leach		Mar 30, 2006
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Mar 30, 2006
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Mar 30, 2006
R-TX	Joe Barton		Mar 30, 2006
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Mar 30, 2006
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Mar 30, 2006
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 30, 2006
D-AR	Marion Berry		Mar 30, 2006
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Mar 30, 2006
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Mar 30, 2006
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Mar 30, 2006
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Mar 30, 2006
D-PA	Tim Holden		Mar 30, 2006
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 30, 2006
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Mar 30, 2006
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 30, 2006
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Mar 30, 2006
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Apr 5, 2006
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Apr 5, 2006
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Apr 5, 2006
D-NC	Brad Miller		Apr 5, 2006
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Apr 5, 2006
R-FL	Connie Mack		Apr 5, 2006
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Apr 5, 2006
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Apr 5, 2006
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Apr 5, 2006
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Apr 5, 2006
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Apr 5, 2006
D-CA	George Miller		Apr 5, 2006
R-CA	George Radanovich		Apr 5, 2006
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Apr 5, 2006
D-CA	Jane Harman		Apr 5, 2006
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Apr 5, 2006
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 5, 2006
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Apr 5, 2006
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Apr 5, 2006
D-IN	Julia Carson		Apr 5, 2006
D-CO	Mark Udall		Apr 5, 2006
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 5, 2006
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Apr 5, 2006
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 5, 2006
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 5, 2006
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Apr 5, 2006
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Apr 5, 2006
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 6, 2006
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 6, 2006
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Apr 6, 2006
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Apr 6, 2006
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Apr 6, 2006
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Apr 6, 2006
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Apr 6, 2006
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Apr 6, 2006
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 6, 2006
D-WI	David R. Obey		Apr 6, 2006
D-GA	David Scott		Apr 6, 2006
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Apr 6, 2006
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Apr 6, 2006
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 6, 2006
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Apr 6, 2006
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Jim Costa		Apr 6, 2006
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Apr 6, 2006
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Apr 6, 2006
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Apr 6, 2006
D-TN	John S. Tanner		Apr 6, 2006
R-MO	Kenny C. Hulshof		Apr 6, 2006
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Apr 6, 2006
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Apr 6, 2006
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Apr 6, 2006
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 6, 2006
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Apr 6, 2006
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Apr 6, 2006
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Apr 6, 2006
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Apr 6, 2006
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Apr 6, 2006
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Apr 6, 2006
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Apr 6, 2006
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Apr 25, 2006
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Apr 25, 2006
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Apr 25, 2006
D-OK	Dan Boren		Apr 25, 2006
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Apr 25, 2006
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Apr 25, 2006
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Apr 25, 2006
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Apr 25, 2006
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Apr 25, 2006
R-AL	Terry Everett		Apr 25, 2006
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 26, 2006
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		May 2, 2006

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 8, 2006
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred May 10, 2006Discharged Sep 30, 2006

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 16, 2006Signed by President.
Oct 16, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-357.
Oct 6, 2006Presented to President.
Oct 2, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 30, 2006Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10793)

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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 H2195–H2198Text printed H2196	Gene Green D-TX, Joe Baca D-CA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Michael G. Oxley R-OH, Rick Renzi R-AZ	May 9, 2006
House	Debate and remarks H1459	Michael C. Burgess R-TX	Apr 5, 2006

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45101	Congressional Gold Medals: Background, Legislative Process, and Issues for Congress	Report	Feb 6, 2026
RL33037	Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill Archived	Report	Jan 3, 2007

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2491	Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act	Identical bill	Sep 28, 2006
HR 4779	Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act	Related bill	Mar 21, 2006

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional gold medal to Byron Nelson in recognition of his significant contributions to the game of golf as a player, a teacher, and a commentator.
Short Titles as Introduced: Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act
Short Titles as Enacted: Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects

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Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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