To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society.
Latest action · Feb 13, 2018 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 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2018 to Nov 9, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 15, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 15, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Mar 14, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 14, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 17, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | May 10, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Nov 9, 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 Feb 13, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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. 164, no. 28, February 13, 2018, page H1126.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2018Introduced 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.
