HR 2252 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 26, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Bobby L. Rush D-IL

Latest action · Mar 26, 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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IntroducedMar 26, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

This bill provides for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.

After the award the medal shall be given to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Cosponsors 290

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2021 to Dec 21, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Mar 26, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Dec 9, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Dec 9, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Dec 9, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Dec 9, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 9, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Dec 9, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jan 6, 2022
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jan 6, 2022
D-GA	David Scott		Jan 6, 2022
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jan 6, 2022
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jan 6, 2022
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jan 6, 2022
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Jan 6, 2022
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Jan 6, 2022
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jan 6, 2022
D-IN	André Carson		Jan 12, 2022
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jan 12, 2022
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jan 12, 2022
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jan 12, 2022
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jan 12, 2022
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jan 12, 2022
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jan 12, 2022
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jan 12, 2022
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Jan 12, 2022
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jan 12, 2022
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jan 12, 2022
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jan 12, 2022
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jan 13, 2022
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jan 13, 2022
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jan 13, 2022
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jan 13, 2022
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Jan 13, 2022
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jan 13, 2022
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jan 13, 2022
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Jan 18, 2022
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Jan 18, 2022
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jan 18, 2022
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jan 18, 2022
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jan 18, 2022
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Jan 18, 2022
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Jan 18, 2022
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jan 18, 2022
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jan 18, 2022
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jan 19, 2022
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jan 19, 2022
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jan 19, 2022
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Jan 20, 2022
R-MS	Michael Guest		Jan 20, 2022
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Jan 20, 2022
D-TX	Al Green		Feb 1, 2022
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Feb 1, 2022
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Feb 1, 2022
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Feb 1, 2022
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Feb 1, 2022
D-IL	Marie Newman		Feb 1, 2022
R-NC	David Rouzer		Feb 2, 2022
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Feb 3, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Feb 8, 2022
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Feb 15, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Feb 18, 2022
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Mar 3, 2022
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 3, 2022
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Mar 9, 2022
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Mar 9, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Mar 15, 2022
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Mar 15, 2022
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Mar 15, 2022
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Mar 30, 2022
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 31, 2022
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Apr 7, 2022
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Apr 7, 2022
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 7, 2022
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Apr 7, 2022
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Apr 7, 2022
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Apr 7, 2022
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Apr 7, 2022
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Apr 7, 2022
R-CA	Young Kim		Apr 7, 2022
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Apr 7, 2022
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Apr 11, 2022
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Apr 11, 2022
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Apr 14, 2022
R-MI	Peter Meijer		Apr 27, 2022
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		May 6, 2022
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		May 10, 2022
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 11, 2022
R-IA	Randy Feenstra		May 11, 2022
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		May 11, 2022
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		May 11, 2022
R-NY	John Katko		May 16, 2022
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		May 20, 2022
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		May 31, 2022
D-IL	Mike Quigley		May 31, 2022
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		May 31, 2022
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 7, 2022
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Jun 13, 2022
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Jun 14, 2022
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Jun 22, 2022
D-NY	Mondaire Jones		Jul 1, 2022
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 12, 2022
R-IN	James R. Baird		Jul 12, 2022
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 14, 2022
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jul 14, 2022
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 19, 2022
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Jul 19, 2022
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 19, 2022
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Jul 19, 2022
D-NV	Susie Lee		Jul 19, 2022
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Jul 19, 2022
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Jul 22, 2022
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jul 26, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jul 26, 2022
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Jul 26, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Aug 2, 2022
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Aug 5, 2022
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Aug 16, 2022
D-CA	Katie Porter		Aug 16, 2022
D-CA	Mark Takano		Aug 16, 2022
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Aug 16, 2022
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Aug 16, 2022
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Aug 19, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Aug 19, 2022
D-CA	John Garamendi		Aug 19, 2022
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Aug 19, 2022
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Aug 19, 2022
D-PA	Susan Wild		Aug 19, 2022
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Aug 23, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus		Aug 23, 2022
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Aug 23, 2022
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Aug 23, 2022
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Aug 26, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Aug 26, 2022
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Aug 26, 2022
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele		Aug 26, 2022
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Aug 26, 2022
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Aug 26, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Aug 26, 2022
D-WA	Adam Smith		Aug 30, 2022
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Aug 30, 2022
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Aug 30, 2022
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Aug 30, 2022
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Aug 30, 2022
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Sep 2, 2022
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Sep 2, 2022
D-CA	Josh Harder		Sep 2, 2022
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 2, 2022
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Sep 2, 2022
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 6, 2022
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Sep 9, 2022
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Sep 9, 2022
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Sep 9, 2022
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Sep 9, 2022
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Sep 9, 2022
R-OK	Tom Cole		Sep 9, 2022
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Sep 9, 2022
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Sep 14, 2022
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Sep 14, 2022
D-MN	Angie Craig		Sep 14, 2022
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Sep 14, 2022
D-MO	Cori Bush		Sep 14, 2022
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Sep 14, 2022
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Sep 14, 2022
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Sep 14, 2022
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Sep 14, 2022
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 15, 2022
R-CA	Connie Conway		Sep 15, 2022
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 15, 2022
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Sep 15, 2022
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Sep 15, 2022
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 15, 2022
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Sep 15, 2022
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Sep 20, 2022
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Sep 20, 2022
D-CA	Ami Bera		Sep 21, 2022
D-MI	Andy Levin		Sep 21, 2022
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Sep 21, 2022
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Sep 21, 2022
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Sep 21, 2022
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Sep 22, 2022
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Sep 22, 2022
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Sep 22, 2022
R-TX	Tony Gonzales		Sep 22, 2022
R-NY	Chris Jacobs		Sep 28, 2022
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Sep 28, 2022
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Sep 28, 2022
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 28, 2022
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Sep 30, 2022
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Oct 4, 2022
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Oct 4, 2022
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Oct 4, 2022
D-IL	Bill Foster		Oct 7, 2022
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 7, 2022
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 7, 2022
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Oct 7, 2022
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Oct 7, 2022
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 7, 2022
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Oct 18, 2022
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Oct 21, 2022
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 21, 2022
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Oct 28, 2022
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Oct 28, 2022
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Nov 3, 2022
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Nov 3, 2022
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Nov 3, 2022
R-NE	Mike Flood		Nov 3, 2022
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Nov 3, 2022
D-HI	Ed Case		Nov 7, 2022
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Nov 7, 2022
D-MA	William R. Keating		Nov 7, 2022
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Nov 10, 2022
D-CO	Jason Crow		Nov 15, 2022
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Nov 15, 2022
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Nov 17, 2022
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Nov 17, 2022
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez		Nov 18, 2022
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Nov 18, 2022
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Nov 18, 2022
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Nov 22, 2022
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Nov 29, 2022
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Nov 29, 2022
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Nov 29, 2022
D-CT	John B. Larson		Nov 30, 2022
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Nov 30, 2022
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Nov 30, 2022
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Nov 30, 2022
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Dec 1, 2022
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Dec 1, 2022
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Dec 1, 2022
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Dec 1, 2022
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Dec 1, 2022
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Dec 1, 2022
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Dec 1, 2022
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Dec 1, 2022
D-CA	Mike Levin		Dec 5, 2022
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Dec 6, 2022
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Dec 6, 2022
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Dec 7, 2022
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Dec 7, 2022
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Dec 7, 2022
D-CT	James A. Himes		Dec 7, 2022
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Dec 7, 2022
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Dec 8, 2022
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Dec 8, 2022
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Dec 8, 2022
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Dec 8, 2022
R-IA	Ashley Hinson		Dec 12, 2022
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Dec 12, 2022
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Dec 12, 2022
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Dec 12, 2022
D-NY	Patrick Ryan		Dec 12, 2022
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Dec 12, 2022
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Dec 12, 2022
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Dec 13, 2022
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Dec 13, 2022
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Dec 13, 2022
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Dec 13, 2022
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Dec 13, 2022
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Dec 14, 2022
D-WI	Ron Kind		Dec 14, 2022
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Dec 14, 2022
R-IN	Greg Pence		Dec 15, 2022
D-AK	Mary Sattler Peltola		Dec 15, 2022
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Dec 16, 2022
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Dec 20, 2022
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Dec 20, 2022
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Dec 20, 2022
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Dec 20, 2022
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Dec 20, 2022
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Dec 20, 2022
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Dec 20, 2022
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Dec 20, 2022
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Dec 20, 2022
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		Dec 20, 2022
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Dec 20, 2022
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Dec 20, 2022
R-TX	Mayra Flores		Dec 20, 2022
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Dec 20, 2022
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Dec 20, 2022
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Dec 20, 2022
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Dec 20, 2022
R-AL	Barry Moore		Dec 21, 2022
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		Dec 21, 2022
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Dec 21, 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 Mar 26, 2021
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Mar 26, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
Mar 26, 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 I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 57, March 26, 2021, page H1694.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 450	Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021	Identical bill	Jan 5, 2023
HR 8619	Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020	Reintroduction of	Oct 16, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Subjects

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Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House

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