HR 1773 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

Introduced Mar 14, 2019 Originated House Became Public Law 116-195 Sponsor Jackie Speier D-CA

Latest action · Dec 3, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-195.

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.

IntroducedMar 14, 2019
Passed HouseNov 13, 2019
Passed SenateNov 12, 2020
To the PresidentNov 24, 2020
Became lawDec 3, 2020Public Law 116-195

Summary

Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to Rosie the Riveter (i.e., any female individual who held employment or volunteered in support of the war efforts during World War II), in recognition of their contributions to the United States and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing generations.

The medal shall be displayed at the National Museum of American History, which must make the medal available for display at other locations associated with Rosie the Riveter.

Cosponsors 293

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2019 to Nov 12, 2019; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 14, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Mar 14, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Mar 14, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Mar 18, 2019
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Mar 21, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 8, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 8, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 12, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Apr 12, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Apr 12, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Apr 12, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Apr 12, 2019
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Apr 18, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 18, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 29, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Apr 29, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 30, 2019
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		Apr 30, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 30, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		May 3, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		May 3, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus		May 21, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		May 22, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		May 22, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna		May 22, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 3, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jun 4, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 4, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jun 4, 2019
D-CA	Ami Bera		Jun 21, 2019
D-MI	Andy Levin		Jun 21, 2019
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jun 21, 2019
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jun 21, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 21, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jun 21, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 21, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 21, 2019
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jun 21, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 21, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Jun 21, 2019
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jun 21, 2019
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jun 21, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jun 21, 2019
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jun 21, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 21, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 21, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 21, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Jun 21, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Jun 21, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Jun 21, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jun 21, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Jun 21, 2019
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Jun 21, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 21, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case		Jun 21, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Jun 21, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Jun 21, 2019
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jun 21, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Jun 21, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Jun 21, 2019
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jun 21, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jun 21, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 21, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Jun 21, 2019
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Jun 21, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Jun 21, 2019
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jun 21, 2019
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 21, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jun 21, 2019
R-PA	John Joyce		Jun 21, 2019
R-NY	John Katko		Jun 21, 2019
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jun 21, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Jun 21, 2019
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy		Jun 21, 2019
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Jun 21, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Jun 21, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Jun 21, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jun 21, 2019
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jun 21, 2019
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Jun 21, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jun 21, 2019
R-NC	Mark Walker		Jun 21, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jun 21, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 21, 2019
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Jun 21, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 21, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jun 21, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jun 21, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jun 21, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 21, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 21, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Jun 21, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jun 21, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Jun 21, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jun 21, 2019
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jun 21, 2019
R-SC	Tom Rice		Jun 21, 2019
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Jun 21, 2019
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jun 24, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Jun 25, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jun 25, 2019
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jun 26, 2019
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Jun 26, 2019
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jun 27, 2019
D-TX	Al Green		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Jun 27, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jun 27, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Jun 27, 2019
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Jun 27, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jun 27, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jun 27, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jun 27, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jun 27, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Jun 27, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 27, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jun 27, 2019
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Jun 27, 2019
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jun 27, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 27, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jun 27, 2019
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Jun 27, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 27, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Jun 27, 2019
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Jun 27, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jun 27, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jun 27, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jun 27, 2019
D-NV	Susie Lee		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jun 27, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jun 27, 2019
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jun 27, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 27, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Jul 2, 2019
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jul 2, 2019
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Jul 2, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 2, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Jul 2, 2019
D-UT	Ben McAdams		Jul 2, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jul 2, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jul 2, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 2, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jul 2, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Jul 2, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jul 2, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jul 2, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jul 2, 2019
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Jul 2, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jul 2, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jul 2, 2019
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Jul 2, 2019
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jul 2, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jul 2, 2019
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 2, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jul 2, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jul 2, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jul 2, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jul 2, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jul 2, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Jul 2, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Jul 2, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jul 2, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Jul 2, 2019
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 2, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 2, 2019
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jul 2, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 2, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		Jul 2, 2019
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jul 2, 2019
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Jul 2, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jul 2, 2019
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Jul 2, 2019
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Jul 2, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Jul 2, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 2, 2019
D-CA	Mike Levin		Jul 10, 2019
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jul 18, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 19, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jul 19, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		Jul 19, 2019
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jul 19, 2019
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Jul 19, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 19, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 19, 2019
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jul 19, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Jul 19, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 19, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Jul 19, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Jul 19, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jul 19, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jul 19, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jul 19, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 19, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Jul 19, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jul 19, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 19, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 19, 2019
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 19, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 19, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Jul 19, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jul 19, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 19, 2019
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Jul 23, 2019
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Jul 23, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jul 23, 2019
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jul 23, 2019
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Jul 23, 2019
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 23, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jul 23, 2019
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jul 23, 2019
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jul 23, 2019
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jul 23, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Jul 23, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Jul 23, 2019
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Jul 23, 2019
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jul 23, 2019
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Jul 23, 2019
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jul 23, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jul 25, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 25, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Jul 25, 2019
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 25, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Jul 30, 2019
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jul 30, 2019
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jul 30, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jul 30, 2019
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 30, 2019
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Jul 30, 2019
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Jul 30, 2019
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jul 30, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 30, 2019
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jul 30, 2019
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 30, 2019
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jul 30, 2019
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jul 30, 2019
R-NC	George Holding		Jul 30, 2019
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jul 30, 2019
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jul 30, 2019
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jul 30, 2019
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 30, 2019
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 30, 2019
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 30, 2019
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jul 30, 2019
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jul 30, 2019
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jul 30, 2019
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jul 30, 2019
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Jul 30, 2019
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 30, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd		Jul 30, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Aug 6, 2019
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Aug 13, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Aug 16, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch		Aug 27, 2019
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Sep 10, 2019
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Sep 11, 2019
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Sep 17, 2019
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Nov 12, 2019
R-TX	Van Taylor		Nov 12, 2019

Committees 3

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 Mar 14, 2019
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Mar 14, 2019
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred Nov 14, 2019Discharged Nov 12, 2020

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 3, 2020Signed by President.
Dec 3, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-195.
Nov 24, 2020Presented to President.
Nov 12, 2020Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6664)
Nov 12, 2020Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6664)

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In the Congressional Record 3

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 S6664	Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PA	Nov 12, 2020
House	Debate and remarks H8789, H8809–H8811Text printed H8809Notices H8824Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1773, Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act	Barry Loudermilk R-GA, Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA, Jackie Speier D-CA, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Marc A. Veasey D-TX, Mark DeSaulnier D-CA, Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX	Nov 13, 2019
Extensions	Debate and remarks E345	Kevin Hern R-OK	Mar 25, 2019

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Sep 25, 2019H.R. 1773, Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019As introduced on March 14, 2019

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 46, March 14, 2019, page H2746.

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
R45046	Congress and the War in Yemen: Oversight and Legislation 2015-2021 Archived	Report	Feb 10, 2022
R46485	The House Consensus Calendar: Establishment, Principal Features, and Practice in the 116th Congress (2019-2020)	Report	Feb 16, 2021

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 892	Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019	Related bill	Mar 27, 2019

Titles 7

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the women in the United States who joined the workforce during World War II, providing the aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition and other material to win the war, that were referred to as "Rosie the Riveter", in recognition of their contributions to the United States and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing generations.
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
Short Titles as Enacted: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

Subjects

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