HR 1012 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Introduced Feb 11, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Gwen Moore D-WI

Latest action · Feb 11, 2021 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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IntroducedFeb 11, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

"Six Triple Eight" Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

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 in honor of the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (commonly known as the Six Triple Eight) in recognition of their pioneering military service, devotion to duty, and contributions to increase the morale of personnel stationed in the European theater of operations during World War II.

The medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and made available for display and research.

Cosponsors 296

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2021 to Aug 30, 2022; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Feb 11, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 11, 2021
R-KS	Jake LaTurner	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Feb 11, 2021
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 11, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Feb 15, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Feb 15, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Feb 15, 2021
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Feb 15, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Feb 18, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Feb 18, 2021
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn		Feb 18, 2021
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Feb 23, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Feb 23, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 25, 2021
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Feb 25, 2021
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Feb 26, 2021
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Feb 26, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Mar 2, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Mar 9, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 9, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Mar 9, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Mar 10, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Mar 16, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 18, 2021
R-IA	Ashley Hinson		Mar 29, 2021
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Mar 29, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele		Mar 29, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 1, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Apr 1, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Apr 1, 2021
R-UT	Blake D. Moore		Apr 8, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Apr 8, 2021
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Apr 13, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Apr 13, 2021
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Apr 15, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Apr 15, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Apr 15, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng		Apr 15, 2021
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Apr 15, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Apr 15, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Apr 15, 2021
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Apr 20, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Apr 21, 2021
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 22, 2021
R-MS	Michael Guest		Apr 22, 2021
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Apr 26, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Apr 26, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Apr 26, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 28, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Apr 28, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Apr 28, 2021
D-CA	Brad Sherman		May 4, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		May 4, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		May 4, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		May 4, 2021
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		May 11, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		May 11, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		May 11, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		May 11, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		May 11, 2021
R-KS	Tracey Mann		May 11, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		May 13, 2021
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		May 13, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		May 18, 2021
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		May 19, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		May 25, 2021
R-IL	Mike Bost		May 25, 2021
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		May 28, 2021
R-NE	Adrian Smith		May 28, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		May 28, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 28, 2021
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 28, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		May 28, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		May 28, 2021
D-TX	Al Green		Jun 1, 2021
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 1, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Jun 1, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Jun 8, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 8, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 11, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jun 11, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin		Jun 11, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jun 14, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jun 15, 2021
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		Jun 15, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 15, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Jun 16, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Jun 16, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Jun 16, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Jun 16, 2021
D-GA	David Scott		Jun 17, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Jun 17, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Jun 17, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Jun 22, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jun 22, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jun 22, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Jun 22, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Jun 22, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jun 22, 2021
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Jun 22, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 25, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Jun 25, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jun 25, 2021
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jun 25, 2021
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jun 29, 2021
R-AL	Barry Moore		Jun 29, 2021
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Jun 29, 2021
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 6, 2021
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jul 9, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 19, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Jul 19, 2021
R-KY	James Comer		Jul 19, 2021
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Jul 19, 2021
D-MO	Cori Bush		Jul 20, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jul 20, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jul 20, 2021
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jul 20, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten		Jul 22, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jul 26, 2021
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Jul 27, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jul 27, 2021
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jul 27, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Jul 29, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 29, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 29, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jul 29, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 29, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Jul 29, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 29, 2021
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 29, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jul 29, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 29, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Jul 29, 2021
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 29, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Aug 6, 2021
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Aug 10, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		Aug 10, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		Aug 10, 2021
R-VA	Bob Good		Aug 13, 2021
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Aug 13, 2021
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Aug 13, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Aug 13, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Aug 13, 2021
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Aug 13, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey		Aug 20, 2021
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Aug 20, 2021
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Aug 23, 2021
R-IN	James R. Baird		Aug 31, 2021
R-IA	Randy Feenstra		Aug 31, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster		Sep 14, 2021
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Sep 17, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Sep 17, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Sep 22, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Sep 22, 2021
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Sep 22, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter		Sep 22, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 22, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Sep 22, 2021
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 24, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Sep 24, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin		Sep 24, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 24, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price		Sep 24, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Sep 24, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes		Sep 24, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Sep 24, 2021
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Sep 24, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 24, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Sep 24, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Sep 24, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Sep 24, 2021
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Sep 24, 2021
R-WI	Scott Fitzgerald		Sep 24, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Sep 24, 2021
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Sep 24, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Sep 24, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Sep 24, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Sep 24, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		Sep 27, 2021
R-MI	Peter Meijer		Sep 27, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Sep 27, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Sep 30, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Oct 8, 2021
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Oct 12, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Oct 15, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Oct 15, 2021
R-VA	Ben Cline		Oct 19, 2021
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Oct 19, 2021
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Oct 19, 2021
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Oct 22, 2021
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Oct 22, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Oct 25, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Oct 25, 2021
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Oct 28, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 28, 2021
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Oct 28, 2021
R-LA	Garret Graves		Nov 2, 2021
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Nov 2, 2021
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Nov 2, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Nov 3, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Nov 3, 2021
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Nov 3, 2021
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Nov 4, 2021
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Nov 4, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell		Nov 4, 2021
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Nov 15, 2021
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Nov 17, 2021
R-MD	Andy Harris		Nov 18, 2021
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Nov 18, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Dec 2, 2021
R-UT	John R. Curtis		Dec 7, 2021
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Dec 7, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Dec 9, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Dec 13, 2021
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Dec 13, 2021
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis		Dec 13, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Dec 13, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 13, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Dec 14, 2021
R-CA	Young Kim		Dec 14, 2021
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Dec 16, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera		Dec 23, 2021
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Dec 23, 2021
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jan 3, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Jan 11, 2022
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Jan 11, 2022
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Jan 12, 2022
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Jan 13, 2022
D-NV	Susie Lee		Jan 18, 2022
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jan 19, 2022
R-NY	Chris Jacobs		Jan 20, 2022
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jan 28, 2022
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jan 28, 2022
R-KS	Ron Estes		Jan 28, 2022
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Feb 2, 2022
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Feb 2, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Feb 2, 2022
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Feb 2, 2022
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Feb 3, 2022
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Feb 4, 2022
D-FL	Darren Soto		Feb 8, 2022
R-NY	John Katko		Feb 9, 2022
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Aug 30, 2022

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 Feb 11, 2021
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Feb 11, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2021Referred 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 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 26, February 11, 2021, page H503.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 321	"Six Triple Eight" Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021	Identical bill	Mar 14, 2022

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 members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the "Six Triple Eight".
Short Title(s) as Introduced: ‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Subjects

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

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House

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