HR 8730 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Reverend James Lawson, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 5, 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.

  1. IntroducedNov 5, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reverend James Lawson, Jr. 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 to Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr. in recognition of his contributions to the United States.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 5, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VADenver RigglemanOriginalNov 5, 2020
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalNov 5, 2020
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalNov 5, 2020
D-CAKaren BassOriginalNov 5, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalNov 5, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 5, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Nov 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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.

  1. Nov 5, 2020Introduced in House

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