S 397 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Lena Horne Recognition Act

Introduced Feb 27, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Bill Nelson D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 27, 2013 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.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot 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 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2013 to Jan 13, 2014, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Feb 27, 2013
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Feb 27, 2013
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Feb 27, 2013
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal		Jun 4, 2013
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse		Jun 4, 2013
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Jul 8, 2013
R-SC	Tim Scott		Jan 13, 2014

Actions 2

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Feb 27, 2013Introduced in Senate
Feb 27, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 715	Lena Horne Recognition Act	Identical bill	Feb 14, 2013

Subjects

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

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Feb 27, 2013Introduced in Senate

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