HR 1861 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Apr 3, 2017 Originated House Became Public Law 115-322 Sponsor James B. Renacci R-OH

Latest action · Dec 17, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-322.

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.

IntroducedApr 3, 2017
Passed HouseJul 10, 2018
Passed SenateDec 6, 2018
To the PresidentDec 11, 2018
Became lawDec 17, 2018Public Law 115-322

Summary

Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Larry Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.

Cosponsors 294

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2017 to Jun 5, 2018; 115 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-VA	Barbara Comstock	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-VA	Dave Brat	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NC	George Holding	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-IN	Jackie Walorski	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NC	Mark Walker	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-MI	Mike Bishop	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	Paul Cook	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-GA	Rob Woodall	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NC	Robert Pittenger	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-CA	Stephen Knight	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Apr 3, 2017
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Apr 4, 2017
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Apr 8, 2017
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 20, 2017
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Apr 20, 2017
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Apr 20, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Apr 20, 2017
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Apr 28, 2017
R-NY	John J. Faso		Apr 28, 2017
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		May 1, 2017
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		May 3, 2017
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		May 11, 2017
R-OH	Jim Jordan		May 11, 2017
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		May 16, 2017
D-IL	Mike Quigley		May 16, 2017
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 6, 2017
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 6, 2017
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jun 15, 2017
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Jun 15, 2017
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jun 20, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jun 21, 2017
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jun 21, 2017
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Jun 26, 2017
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jul 3, 2017
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 3, 2017
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Jul 3, 2017
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 3, 2017
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jul 3, 2017
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Jul 3, 2017
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jul 3, 2017
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jul 3, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jul 3, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jul 3, 2017
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 3, 2017
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 11, 2017
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 11, 2017
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jul 11, 2017
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jul 11, 2017
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 11, 2017
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 11, 2017
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 12, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 13, 2017
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jul 24, 2017
R-TX	Bill Flores		Jul 24, 2017
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jul 24, 2017
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jul 24, 2017
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Jul 24, 2017
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Jul 24, 2017
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jul 24, 2017
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jul 24, 2017
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 24, 2017
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jul 24, 2017
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jul 24, 2017
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jul 24, 2017
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jul 24, 2017
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jul 24, 2017
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Jul 24, 2017
R-PA	Scott Perry		Jul 24, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jul 24, 2017
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jul 24, 2017
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 24, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 24, 2017
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Jul 24, 2017
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jul 24, 2017
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 25, 2017
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 26, 2017
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 28, 2017
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jul 28, 2017
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jul 28, 2017
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jul 28, 2017
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jul 28, 2017
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jul 28, 2017
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 28, 2017
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Jul 28, 2017
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jul 28, 2017
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Jul 28, 2017
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 28, 2017
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 28, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 28, 2017
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jul 28, 2017
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jul 28, 2017
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 28, 2017
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jul 28, 2017
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 28, 2017
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jul 28, 2017
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 28, 2017
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 28, 2017
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 28, 2017
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 28, 2017
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jul 28, 2017
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 28, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 28, 2017
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Jul 28, 2017
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jul 28, 2017
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jul 28, 2017
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 28, 2017
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 28, 2017
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Aug 8, 2017
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Sep 1, 2017
R-TX	Kay Granger		Sep 1, 2017
R-FL	Bill Posey		Sep 5, 2017
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Sep 5, 2017
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Sep 5, 2017
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Sep 7, 2017
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Sep 12, 2017
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Sep 12, 2017
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Sep 26, 2017
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Sep 26, 2017
R-TX	Roger Williams		Sep 26, 2017
R-SC	Tom Rice		Oct 2, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd		Oct 10, 2017
R-OK	Tom Cole		Oct 11, 2017
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Oct 23, 2017
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Nov 6, 2017
R-TX	Will Hurd		Nov 6, 2017
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Dec 4, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Dec 4, 2017
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Dec 6, 2017
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Dec 11, 2017
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 12, 2017
D-TX	Al Green		Dec 14, 2017
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Dec 18, 2017
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jan 8, 2018
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Jan 18, 2018
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jan 25, 2018
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Jan 25, 2018
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jan 25, 2018
D-MA	William R. Keating		Feb 7, 2018
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Feb 26, 2018
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Feb 26, 2018
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Mar 19, 2018
R-TX	Brian Babin		Mar 19, 2018
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Mar 19, 2018
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Mar 19, 2018
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Mar 19, 2018
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Mar 19, 2018
R-AR	J. French Hill		Mar 19, 2018
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Mar 19, 2018
R-TX	Joe Barton		Mar 19, 2018
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Mar 19, 2018
R-AZ	Martha McSally		Mar 19, 2018
R-CA	Mimi Walters		Mar 19, 2018
R-AR	Steve Womack		Mar 19, 2018
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Mar 19, 2018
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 20, 2018
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Mar 20, 2018
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Mar 20, 2018
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Mar 20, 2018
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Mar 20, 2018
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 20, 2018
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Mar 22, 2018
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 22, 2018
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Mar 22, 2018
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Mar 22, 2018
D-GA	David Scott		Mar 26, 2018
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Apr 2, 2018
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 2, 2018
R-IL	Mike Bost		Apr 2, 2018
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Apr 2, 2018
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Apr 5, 2018
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Apr 5, 2018
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Apr 9, 2018
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Apr 9, 2018
D-NV	Dina Titus		Apr 9, 2018
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Apr 9, 2018
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Apr 9, 2018
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		Apr 16, 2018
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Apr 17, 2018
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 24, 2018
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Apr 24, 2018
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Apr 24, 2018
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 24, 2018
D-NV	Ruben J. Kihuen		Apr 24, 2018
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Apr 24, 2018
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Apr 24, 2018
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Apr 25, 2018
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		May 1, 2018
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		May 1, 2018
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		May 15, 2018
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jun 5, 2018

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 Apr 3, 2017

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 17, 2018Signed by President.
Dec 17, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-322.
Dec 11, 2018Presented to President.
Dec 6, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7332)
Dec 6, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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In the Congressional Record 2

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S7332	John Cornyn R-TX	Dec 6, 2018
House	Debate and remarks H5998–H6000Text printed H5998	Bill Huizenga R-MI, Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, James B. Renacci R-OH, Maxine Waters D-CA	Jul 10, 2018

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: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 57, April 3, 2017, page H2629.

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45101	Congressional Gold Medals: Background, Legislative Process, and Issues for Congress	Report	Feb 6, 2026
R47180	Legislative History of the Animal Welfare Act: In Brief Archived	Report	Jul 14, 2022
R46953	Overview of Continuing Appropriations for FY2022 (P.L. 117-43) Archived	Report	Nov 3, 2021

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 802	Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act	Identical bill	Apr 3, 2017

Titles 6

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

Official Title: An act to award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II
Short Title: The Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.
Short Titles as Introduced: Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects

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