HR 715 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Lena Horne Recognition Act

Introduced Feb 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Alcee L. Hastings D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 14, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Lena Horne Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.

Cosponsors 96

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2013 to Jul 31, 2014, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-CA	Janice Hahn	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-GA	John Lewis		Mar 14, 2013
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Mar 14, 2013
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 18, 2013
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 18, 2013
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 18, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 18, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 18, 2013
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 18, 2013

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Actions 3

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Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 14, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E145-146)

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 397	Lena Horne Recognition Act	Identical bill	Feb 27, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.

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Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House

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