HR 2970 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Sep 20, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Joe Baca D-CA

Latest action · Oct 4, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.

Progress

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IntroducedSep 20, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Alice Paul, to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. Requires proceeds from the sale of such medals to be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2011 to Jun 6, 2012; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Sep 20, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Sep 20, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Oct 4, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Oct 4, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Oct 4, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Oct 4, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Oct 6, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Oct 24, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Nov 1, 2011
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Nov 16, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Nov 18, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Dec 2, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller		Dec 19, 2011
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jan 17, 2012
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jan 17, 2012
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Jan 27, 2012
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jan 31, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Feb 3, 2012
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Feb 15, 2012
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Feb 17, 2012
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 19, 2012
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Apr 16, 2012
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 5, 2012
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Jun 6, 2012

Committees 1

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 Sep 20, 2011
	Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Oct 4, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Sep 20, 2011Introduced in House
Sep 20, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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: Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6272.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1745	Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act	Related bill	Oct 20, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of Alice Paul's role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
Short Titles as Introduced: Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 20, 2011Introduced in House

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