HR 906 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Jan 30, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Peter T. King R-NY

Latest action · Jan 30, 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

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.

IntroducedJan 30, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill directs Congress to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as Merrill's Marauders, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma (Myanmar) during World War II.

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

Cosponsors 318

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Sep 22, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Jan 30, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jan 30, 2019
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Jan 30, 2019
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Jan 30, 2019
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Feb 8, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 8, 2019
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Mar 14, 2019
R-CA	Paul Cook		Mar 14, 2019
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Apr 10, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case		Apr 10, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 10, 2019
R-IL	Darin LaHood		May 2, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 10, 2019
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		May 17, 2019
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jun 19, 2019
D-NV	Susie Lee		Jun 19, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey		Aug 2, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Aug 2, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Aug 2, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Sep 19, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 19, 2019
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Sep 19, 2019
R-MO	Sam Graves		Sep 19, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Oct 16, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Oct 16, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Oct 16, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Oct 30, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Oct 30, 2019
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Oct 30, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Oct 30, 2019
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Nov 21, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Nov 21, 2019
R-AR	J. French Hill		Dec 10, 2019
R-IN	Jim Banks		Dec 10, 2019
R-IL	John Shimkus		Dec 10, 2019
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Dec 10, 2019
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Dec 10, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jan 8, 2020
D-SC	Joe Cunningham		Jan 8, 2020
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jan 8, 2020
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jan 8, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Jan 15, 2020
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Jan 15, 2020
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Jan 15, 2020
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jan 15, 2020
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Jan 15, 2020
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jan 28, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Jan 28, 2020
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jan 28, 2020
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jan 28, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jan 28, 2020
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jan 28, 2020
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jan 28, 2020
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Jan 28, 2020
R-FL	Ross Spano		Jan 28, 2020
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jan 28, 2020
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jan 28, 2020
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Jan 29, 2020
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jan 29, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jan 29, 2020
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jan 29, 2020
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Jan 29, 2020
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jan 29, 2020
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jan 30, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jan 30, 2020
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Jan 30, 2020
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Feb 5, 2020
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Feb 5, 2020
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Feb 5, 2020
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Feb 5, 2020
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Feb 5, 2020
R-NE	Don Bacon		Feb 5, 2020
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Feb 5, 2020
R-PA	Fred Keller		Feb 5, 2020
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Feb 5, 2020
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Feb 5, 2020
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Feb 5, 2020
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Feb 5, 2020
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Feb 6, 2020
D-UT	Ben McAdams		Feb 6, 2020
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Feb 6, 2020
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Feb 6, 2020
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Feb 6, 2020
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Feb 7, 2020
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 7, 2020
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Feb 7, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Feb 7, 2020
D-IL	Bill Foster		Feb 10, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Feb 10, 2020
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Feb 10, 2020
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Feb 10, 2020
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Feb 11, 2020
R-NC	Ted Budd		Feb 11, 2020
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Feb 12, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Feb 12, 2020
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Feb 12, 2020
R-TX	John R. Carter		Feb 12, 2020
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Feb 12, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Feb 13, 2020
D-GA	David Scott		Feb 13, 2020
D-NV	Dina Titus		Feb 13, 2020
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Feb 13, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Feb 13, 2020
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Feb 13, 2020
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Feb 13, 2020
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		Feb 13, 2020
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Feb 13, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Feb 13, 2020
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Feb 13, 2020
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Feb 13, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Feb 21, 2020
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Feb 21, 2020
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Feb 21, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Feb 21, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Feb 21, 2020
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Feb 21, 2020
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Feb 21, 2020
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Feb 21, 2020
R-PA	Scott Perry		Feb 21, 2020
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Feb 21, 2020
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Feb 26, 2020
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Feb 26, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Feb 26, 2020
R-PA	John Joyce		Feb 26, 2020
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Feb 26, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Feb 26, 2020
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Feb 26, 2020
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Feb 26, 2020
R-NY	John Katko		Feb 27, 2020
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Feb 27, 2020
R-TX	Bill Flores		Mar 9, 2020
R-MI	Fred Upton		Mar 9, 2020
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Mar 9, 2020
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Mar 9, 2020
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Mar 9, 2020
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Mar 9, 2020
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 9, 2020
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 8, 2020
R-TN	David P. Roe		May 8, 2020
R-SD	Dusty Johnson		May 8, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		May 8, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 15, 2020
D-NJ	Andy Kim		May 27, 2020
D-MN	Angie Craig		May 27, 2020
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		May 27, 2020
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 27, 2020
R-MI	Jack Bergman		May 27, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		May 27, 2020
R-GA	Rob Woodall		May 27, 2020
R-TN	Tim Burchett		May 27, 2020
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jun 4, 2020
R-AL	Martha Roby		Jun 4, 2020
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Jun 4, 2020
D-CA	Tj Cox		Jun 4, 2020
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jun 15, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 15, 2020
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Jun 15, 2020
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 15, 2020
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Jun 15, 2020
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jun 15, 2020
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Jun 15, 2020
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 15, 2020
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jun 15, 2020
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 15, 2020
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jun 15, 2020
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 15, 2020
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jun 15, 2020
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Jun 15, 2020
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Jun 15, 2020
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Jun 22, 2020
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Jun 22, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 22, 2020
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jun 22, 2020
R-GA	Doug Collins		Jun 22, 2020
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jun 22, 2020
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Jun 22, 2020
R-IN	James R. Baird		Jun 22, 2020
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Jun 22, 2020
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 22, 2020
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jun 22, 2020
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jun 22, 2020
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jun 30, 2020
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Jun 30, 2020
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jun 30, 2020
D-CO	Jason Crow		Jun 30, 2020
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 30, 2020
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Jun 30, 2020
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Jun 30, 2020
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jul 9, 2020
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jul 9, 2020
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 9, 2020
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jul 9, 2020
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jul 9, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 9, 2020
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jul 9, 2020
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jul 9, 2020
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jul 9, 2020
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jul 9, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Jul 9, 2020
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Jul 9, 2020
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jul 9, 2020
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Jul 9, 2020
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Jul 9, 2020
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 9, 2020
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Jul 16, 2020
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 16, 2020
R-TN	David Kustoff		Jul 16, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Jul 16, 2020
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jul 16, 2020
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 16, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Jul 16, 2020
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Jul 16, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Jul 16, 2020
D-NY	Max Rose		Jul 16, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 16, 2020
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Jul 16, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jul 16, 2020
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jul 16, 2020
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jul 16, 2020
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Jul 20, 2020
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 20, 2020
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Jul 20, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jul 20, 2020
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 20, 2020
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jul 20, 2020
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jul 20, 2020
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Jul 20, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Jul 20, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jul 20, 2020
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 20, 2020
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Jul 20, 2020
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Jul 20, 2020
D-CA	Mike Levin		Jul 20, 2020
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jul 20, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 20, 2020
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jul 20, 2020
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jul 20, 2020
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jul 20, 2020
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Jul 21, 2020
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Jul 21, 2020
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 21, 2020
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jul 21, 2020
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jul 21, 2020
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 21, 2020
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 21, 2020
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jul 21, 2020
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jul 21, 2020
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 21, 2020
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jul 21, 2020
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jul 21, 2020
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jul 22, 2020
R-IN	Greg Pence		Jul 22, 2020
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jul 22, 2020
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jul 22, 2020
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Jul 22, 2020
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		Jul 22, 2020
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 22, 2020
R-TX	Van Taylor		Jul 22, 2020
R-TX	Will Hurd		Jul 22, 2020
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 23, 2020
D-TX	Al Green		Jul 23, 2020
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jul 23, 2020
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jul 23, 2020
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jul 23, 2020
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jul 23, 2020
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jul 23, 2020
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jul 23, 2020
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jul 24, 2020
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Jul 24, 2020
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Jul 24, 2020
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Jul 24, 2020
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jul 24, 2020
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Jul 27, 2020
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 27, 2020
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jul 27, 2020
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Jul 27, 2020
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jul 27, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jul 29, 2020
R-TX	Chip Roy		Jul 29, 2020
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jul 29, 2020
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jul 29, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 29, 2020
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 29, 2020
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jul 29, 2020
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jul 29, 2020
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 29, 2020
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jul 29, 2020
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		Jul 29, 2020
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jul 29, 2020
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Jul 29, 2020
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 29, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jul 29, 2020
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 30, 2020
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Jul 30, 2020
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Jul 30, 2020
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jul 30, 2020
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jul 31, 2020
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Aug 7, 2020
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Aug 7, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Aug 7, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Aug 7, 2020
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Aug 7, 2020
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Aug 7, 2020
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Aug 11, 2020
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Aug 11, 2020
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Aug 14, 2020
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Aug 14, 2020
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Aug 14, 2020
R-NC	Dan Bishop		Aug 21, 2020
D-CA	Karen Bass		Aug 21, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Aug 21, 2020
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Sep 22, 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 Jan 30, 2019
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Jan 30, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
Jan 30, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
House	Debate and remarks H967	Glenn Thompson R-PA	Feb 7, 2020

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 I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 19, January 30, 2019, page H1338.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 667	Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act	Reintroduction of	Jan 24, 2017
S 743	Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act	Related bill	Oct 17, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional gold medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as "Merrill's Marauders", in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma during World War II.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Merrill’s Marauders 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.

Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House

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