HR 2447 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.

Introduced Jul 7, 2011 Originated House Became Public Law 112-59 Sponsor Corrine Brown D-FL

Latest action · Nov 23, 2011 Became Public Law No: 112-59.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 7, 2011
Passed HouseOct 25, 2011
Passed SenateNov 9, 2011
To the PresidentNov 15, 2011
Became lawNov 23, 2011Public Law 112-59

Summary

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

Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the Montford Point Marines, U.S. Marine Corps, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. (Camp Montford Point, North Carolina, was the site for the training of the first African-American Marines.)

Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals.

Authorizes appropriations.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 804	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed422–0	Oct 25, 2011

Cosponsors 308

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 7, 2011 to Oct 25, 2011; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-IN	Joe Donnelly	Original	Jul 7, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jul 7, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 7, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 7, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 15, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 20, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jul 28, 2011
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Jul 28, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jul 28, 2011
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 30, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Aug 1, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Aug 1, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Aug 2, 2011
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Aug 5, 2011
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Aug 5, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Aug 5, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Aug 5, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Aug 5, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Aug 9, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Aug 9, 2011
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Aug 16, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Aug 16, 2011
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Aug 30, 2011
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Aug 30, 2011
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Aug 30, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Aug 30, 2011
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Sep 2, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Sep 2, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Sep 7, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Sep 7, 2011
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Sep 7, 2011
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Sep 7, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Sep 9, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Sep 9, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		Sep 12, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 12, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Sep 12, 2011
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 13, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Sep 13, 2011
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 13, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 13, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Sep 13, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 13, 2011
D-GA	David Scott		Sep 13, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 13, 2011
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Sep 13, 2011
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Sep 13, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Sep 13, 2011
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Sep 13, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green		Sep 13, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Sep 13, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Sep 13, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Sep 13, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Sep 13, 2011
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Sep 13, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Joe Baca		Sep 13, 2011
D-NY	Kathleen C. Hochul		Sep 13, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Sep 13, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 13, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Sep 13, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 13, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Sep 13, 2011
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		Sep 13, 2011
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Sep 13, 2011
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Sep 13, 2011
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Sep 13, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Sep 13, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 13, 2011
D-TX	Al Green		Sep 15, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Sep 15, 2011
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Sep 15, 2011
D-CA	Karen Bass		Sep 15, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Sep 15, 2011
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Sep 15, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank		Sep 19, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Sep 19, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Sep 19, 2011
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Sep 19, 2011
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Sep 19, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Sep 19, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 19, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Sep 19, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Sep 19, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price		Sep 21, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		Sep 21, 2011
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 21, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Sep 21, 2011
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 21, 2011
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Sep 21, 2011
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Sep 21, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Sep 21, 2011
R-IN	Todd Young		Sep 21, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 22, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger		Sep 22, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Sep 22, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Sep 22, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Sep 22, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Sep 22, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Sep 22, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Sep 22, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Sep 22, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 26, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		Sep 26, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Oct 3, 2011
D-CA	Jim Costa		Oct 3, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Oct 3, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 3, 2011
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Oct 4, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Oct 4, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Oct 4, 2011
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Oct 4, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Oct 4, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Oct 4, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis		Oct 4, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Oct 4, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Oct 4, 2011
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Oct 4, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Oct 4, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Oct 4, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		Oct 4, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Oct 4, 2011
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Oct 4, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Oct 4, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		Oct 4, 2011
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Oct 4, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Oct 4, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Oct 4, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Oct 4, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores		Oct 5, 2011
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Oct 5, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Oct 5, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Oct 5, 2011
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Oct 5, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Oct 5, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Oct 5, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 5, 2011
D-GA	John Barrow		Oct 5, 2011
R-FL	John L. Mica		Oct 5, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Oct 5, 2011
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Oct 5, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 5, 2011
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Oct 5, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham		Oct 5, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Oct 6, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott		Oct 6, 2011
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Oct 6, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Oct 6, 2011
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Oct 6, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Oct 6, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Oct 6, 2011
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Oct 6, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Oct 6, 2011
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Oct 6, 2011
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Oct 6, 2011
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	George Miller		Oct 6, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Oct 6, 2011
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Oct 6, 2011
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Oct 6, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver		Oct 6, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Oct 6, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Oct 6, 2011
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Oct 6, 2011
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Oct 6, 2011
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Oct 6, 2011
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Oct 6, 2011
R-FL	Sandy Adams		Oct 6, 2011
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Oct 6, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Oct 6, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden		Oct 6, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating		Oct 6, 2011
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Oct 11, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Oct 11, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller		Oct 11, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Oct 11, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Oct 11, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Oct 11, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 11, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Oct 11, 2011
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Oct 11, 2011
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Oct 11, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Oct 11, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Oct 12, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Oct 12, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Oct 12, 2011
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Oct 12, 2011
D-CT	James A. Himes		Oct 12, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps		Oct 12, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Oct 12, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 12, 2011
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Oct 12, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Oct 12, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Oct 12, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Oct 13, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Oct 13, 2011
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Oct 13, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Oct 13, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Oct 13, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Oct 13, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Oct 13, 2011
R-FL	Connie Mack		Oct 13, 2011
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Oct 13, 2011
R-CA	David Dreier		Oct 13, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Oct 13, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Oct 13, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Oct 13, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Oct 13, 2011
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Oct 13, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Oct 13, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Oct 13, 2011
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 13, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Oct 13, 2011
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Oct 13, 2011
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Oct 13, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Oct 13, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Oct 13, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Oct 13, 2011
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Oct 13, 2011
R-OK	James Lankford		Oct 13, 2011
D-CO	Jared Polis		Oct 13, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Oct 13, 2011
R-TX	Joe Barton		Oct 13, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Oct 13, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 13, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Oct 13, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Oct 13, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Oct 13, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Oct 13, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Oct 13, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Oct 13, 2011
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Oct 13, 2011
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Oct 13, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Oct 13, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Oct 13, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Oct 13, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Oct 13, 2011
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Oct 13, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Oct 13, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Oct 13, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Oct 13, 2011
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 13, 2011
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Oct 13, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Oct 13, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Oct 13, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind		Oct 13, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Oct 13, 2011
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Oct 13, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Oct 13, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Oct 13, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Oct 13, 2011
R-GA	Tom Price		Oct 13, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens		Oct 13, 2011
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Oct 13, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Oct 14, 2011
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Oct 14, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Oct 14, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Oct 14, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 14, 2011
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Oct 14, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Oct 14, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Oct 18, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Oct 18, 2011
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Oct 18, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Oct 18, 2011
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Oct 18, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Oct 21, 2011
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Oct 21, 2011
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Oct 21, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Oct 25, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross		Oct 25, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Oct 25, 2011

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 Jul 7, 2011
	Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Oct 21, 2011
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred Oct 31, 2011Discharged Nov 10, 2011

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 23, 2011Signed by President.
Nov 23, 2011Became Public Law No: 112-59.
Nov 15, 2011Presented to President.
Nov 10, 2011Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 9, 2011Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7304)

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In the Congressional Record 11

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S6618	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	Sep 21, 2012
Senate	Debate and remarks S6426	Richard J. Durbin D-IL	Sep 19, 2012
Extensions	Debate and remarks E691	Jon Runyan R-NJ	Apr 27, 2012
Senate	Debate and remarks S7697	Kay R. Hagan D-NC	Nov 17, 2011
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2063	Charles B. Rangel D-NY	Nov 16, 2011

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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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 12-14, and Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4749.

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45101	Congressional Gold Medals: Background, Legislative Process, and Issues for Congress	Report	Feb 6, 2026

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1527	A bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.	Related bill	Sep 8, 2011

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.

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Text 4

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