HR 5002 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Nov 8, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Dan Crenshaw R-TX

Latest action · Nov 8, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

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IntroducedNov 8, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award of a single gold medal to the U.S. Army Ranger veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated wartime service.

Following its award, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it shall be available for display and research.

Cosponsors 142

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 8, 2019 to Dec 21, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Nov 8, 2019
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Nov 8, 2019
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		Nov 14, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Nov 14, 2019
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Dec 11, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Dec 11, 2019
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jan 10, 2020
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Jan 10, 2020
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jan 10, 2020
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Jan 10, 2020
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jan 28, 2020
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jan 28, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jan 28, 2020
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Jan 28, 2020
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jan 28, 2020
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jan 28, 2020
D-SC	Joe Cunningham		Jan 28, 2020
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jan 28, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Jan 28, 2020
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Jan 28, 2020
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jan 28, 2020
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jan 28, 2020
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jan 28, 2020
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Jan 28, 2020
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jan 28, 2020
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jan 29, 2020
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jan 29, 2020
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jan 29, 2020
R-AK	Don Young		Jan 29, 2020
R-PA	John Joyce		Jan 29, 2020
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Jan 29, 2020
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Jan 29, 2020
R-TX	Bill Flores		Jan 30, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jan 30, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Jan 30, 2020
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Jan 30, 2020
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jan 30, 2020
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Jan 30, 2020
R-TX	Will Hurd		Jan 30, 2020
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Feb 4, 2020
R-TX	Chip Roy		Feb 4, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Feb 4, 2020
R-NE	Don Bacon		Feb 4, 2020
R-NC	Mark Walker		Feb 4, 2020
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Feb 5, 2020
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Feb 6, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Feb 6, 2020
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Feb 6, 2020
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Feb 6, 2020
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Feb 7, 2020
R-TX	Van Taylor		Feb 7, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Feb 11, 2020
R-IN	James R. Baird		Feb 11, 2020
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Feb 11, 2020
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Feb 12, 2020
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Feb 26, 2020
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Feb 26, 2020
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Feb 26, 2020
R-FL	Ross Spano		Feb 27, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Mar 2, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Mar 2, 2020
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Mar 2, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Mar 12, 2020
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Mar 12, 2020
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Apr 17, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Apr 17, 2020
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Apr 28, 2020
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 12, 2020
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jun 26, 2020
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Jun 26, 2020
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Jul 21, 2020
R-NC	Dan Bishop		Jul 21, 2020
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Jul 21, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jul 21, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jul 21, 2020
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jul 21, 2020
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 21, 2020
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 21, 2020
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 21, 2020
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jul 21, 2020
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jul 21, 2020
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jul 21, 2020
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jul 21, 2020
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jul 22, 2020
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Jul 22, 2020
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 22, 2020
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jul 24, 2020
D-UT	Ben McAdams		Jul 24, 2020
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Jul 24, 2020
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Jul 24, 2020
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jul 24, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 24, 2020
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jul 24, 2020
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jul 31, 2020
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Jul 31, 2020
R-KY	James Comer		Jul 31, 2020
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 31, 2020
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Jul 31, 2020
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Jul 31, 2020
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 31, 2020
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Sep 15, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Sep 15, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Sep 15, 2020
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 15, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Sep 15, 2020
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Sep 15, 2020
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Sep 17, 2020
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Sep 17, 2020
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Sep 17, 2020
D-CA	Jim Costa		Sep 23, 2020
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Sep 23, 2020
R-FL	Bill Posey		Sep 30, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Sep 30, 2020
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Sep 30, 2020
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Sep 30, 2020
D-CA	Tj Cox		Sep 30, 2020
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Oct 2, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Oct 2, 2020
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Oct 20, 2020
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Oct 20, 2020
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Oct 20, 2020
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 20, 2020
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Oct 20, 2020
R-IA	Steve King		Oct 20, 2020
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Oct 20, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Oct 27, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto		Oct 27, 2020
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Oct 27, 2020
R-NC	Ted Budd		Nov 2, 2020
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Nov 17, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Nov 17, 2020
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Nov 17, 2020
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Dec 3, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Dec 3, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Dec 3, 2020
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Dec 3, 2020
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Dec 21, 2020

Committees 2

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 Nov 8, 2019
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Nov 8, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 8, 2019Introduced in House
Nov 8, 2019Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 One, 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. 165, no. 179, November 8, 2019, page H8740.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1757	United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act	Identical bill	Mar 9, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 8, 2019Introduced in House

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