To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States whose visionary leadership secured passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Higher Education Act of 1965, and Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.
Latest action · Jul 29, 2015 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.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson in recognition of his contributions to the nation, including passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.
Requires such medal to be given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum following its award, where it will be available for display and research.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2015 to Dec 10, 2015; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 29, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Dec 10, 2015 |
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 Jul 29, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1189)
- Jul 29, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1189 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jul 29, 2015 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 121, July 29, 2015, page H5770.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States whose visionary leadership secured passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Security Amendments Act (Medicare) of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Higher Education Act of 1965, and Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
