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 LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.
Latest action · May 19, 2020 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.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2020
- 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 LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2020 to Jul 9, 2020; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | May 19, 2020 |
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 May 19, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in House
- May 19, 2020Referred 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. 166, no. 94, May 19, 2020, page H2271.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4147 | 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 LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society. | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 24, 2021 |
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 LGBTQ 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.
- May 19, 2020Introduced 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.
