Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Latest action · Feb 8, 2016 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 1, 2016
- Agreed to in HouseFeb 3, 2016
- Agreed to in SenateFeb 4, 2016
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on February 24, 2016, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Feb 4, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S691)
- Feb 4, 2016Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S691)
- Feb 3, 2016Committee on House Administration discharged. (consideration: CR H540)
- Feb 3, 2016Committee on House Administration discharged.(consideration: CR H540)
Subjects
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Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2016Enrolled Bill
- Feb 4, 2016Received in Senate
- Feb 3, 2016Engrossed in House
- Feb 1, 2016Introduced in House
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