HR 6015 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Nov 18, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Lois Frankel D-FL

Latest action · May 11, 2022 Received in the Senate.

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.

IntroducedNov 18, 2021
Passed HouseMay 10, 2022
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Berell Ferencz in recognition of his service to the United States and the international community during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials and his lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and the rule of law.

Cosponsors 296

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2021 to May 10, 2022; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-FL	Kat Cammack	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Nov 18, 2021
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Nov 18, 2021
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Dec 2, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Dec 2, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Dec 2, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Dec 2, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Dec 2, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Dec 2, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Dec 2, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Dec 2, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Dec 2, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Dec 2, 2021
D-GA	David Scott		Dec 2, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Dec 2, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Dec 2, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Dec 2, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Dec 2, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Dec 2, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Dec 2, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Dec 2, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Dec 2, 2021
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Dec 2, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Dec 2, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Dec 2, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Dec 2, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Dec 2, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Dec 2, 2021
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Dec 2, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Dec 2, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Dec 2, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Dec 2, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Dec 2, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Dec 2, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild		Dec 2, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Dec 2, 2021
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Dec 2, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Dec 2, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Dec 7, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera		Dec 9, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Dec 9, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Dec 9, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Dec 9, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Dec 9, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Dec 9, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price		Dec 9, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Dec 9, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Dec 9, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 9, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Dec 9, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Dec 9, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Dec 9, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Dec 9, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Dec 9, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter		Dec 9, 2021
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Dec 9, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano		Dec 9, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Dec 9, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Dec 9, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Dec 9, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Dec 9, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Dec 9, 2021
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Dec 9, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Dec 9, 2021
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Dec 9, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten		Dec 9, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Dec 9, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Dec 9, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Dec 9, 2021
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Dec 14, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Dec 14, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin		Dec 14, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Dec 14, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Dec 14, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Dec 14, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 14, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Dec 14, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Dec 14, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Dec 14, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Dec 14, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Dec 14, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Dec 14, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Dec 14, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Dec 14, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Dec 14, 2021
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Dec 14, 2021
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Dec 14, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Dec 14, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Dec 14, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Dec 14, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Dec 14, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Dec 14, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu		Dec 14, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Dec 14, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Dec 14, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Dec 14, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		Dec 14, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Dec 14, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Dec 14, 2021
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Dec 14, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Dec 14, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Dec 14, 2021
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Dec 14, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Dec 14, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Dec 14, 2021
D-NV	Susie Lee		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Dec 14, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Dec 14, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Dec 14, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin		Dec 20, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa		Dec 23, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Dec 23, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jan 10, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jan 12, 2022
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Jan 12, 2022
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jan 12, 2022
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jan 12, 2022
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Jan 12, 2022
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jan 12, 2022
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jan 18, 2022
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jan 18, 2022
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jan 18, 2022
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jan 18, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jan 19, 2022
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jan 20, 2022
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jan 25, 2022
D-TX	Al Green		Feb 4, 2022
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 7, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Mar 7, 2022
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 7, 2022
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Mar 7, 2022
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Mar 9, 2022
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Mar 11, 2022
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 11, 2022
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Mar 11, 2022
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 11, 2022
D-HI	Ed Case		Mar 11, 2022
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 11, 2022
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Mar 11, 2022
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Mar 11, 2022
D-CT	James A. Himes		Mar 11, 2022
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 11, 2022
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Mar 11, 2022
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Mar 11, 2022
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 11, 2022
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Mar 11, 2022
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Mar 11, 2022
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 11, 2022
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Mar 11, 2022
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Mar 11, 2022
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Mar 11, 2022
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Mar 11, 2022
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Mar 11, 2022
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Mar 11, 2022
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Mar 11, 2022
R-GA	Austin Scott		Mar 15, 2022
R-TX	Brian Babin		Mar 15, 2022
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez		Mar 15, 2022
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Mar 15, 2022
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Mar 15, 2022
R-NC	David Rouzer		Mar 15, 2022
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 15, 2022
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Mar 15, 2022
R-AR	J. French Hill		Mar 15, 2022
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Mar 15, 2022
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 15, 2022
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Mar 15, 2022
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Mar 15, 2022
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Mar 15, 2022
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Mar 15, 2022
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 15, 2022
R-OK	Tom Cole		Mar 15, 2022
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Mar 16, 2022
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Mar 18, 2022
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Mar 18, 2022
D-MO	Cori Bush		Mar 18, 2022
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Mar 18, 2022
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Mar 18, 2022
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Mar 18, 2022
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Mar 18, 2022
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Mar 18, 2022
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 18, 2022
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 18, 2022
R-TN	David Kustoff		Mar 28, 2022
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Mar 28, 2022
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Mar 28, 2022
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Mar 28, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Mar 29, 2022
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Mar 29, 2022
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Mar 31, 2022
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Mar 31, 2022
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Mar 31, 2022
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Apr 1, 2022
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Apr 5, 2022
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Apr 14, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Apr 14, 2022
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Apr 14, 2022
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Apr 14, 2022
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Apr 14, 2022
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Apr 14, 2022
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Apr 14, 2022
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Apr 25, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Apr 28, 2022
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde		Apr 28, 2022
R-FL	Bill Posey		Apr 28, 2022
R-MO	Billy Long		Apr 28, 2022
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Apr 28, 2022
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Apr 28, 2022
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Apr 28, 2022
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 28, 2022
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Apr 28, 2022
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Apr 28, 2022
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Apr 28, 2022
R-MI	Fred Upton		Apr 28, 2022
R-LA	Garret Graves		Apr 28, 2022
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Apr 28, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Apr 28, 2022
R-PA	John Joyce		Apr 28, 2022
R-NY	John Katko		Apr 28, 2022
R-TX	John R. Carter		Apr 28, 2022
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Apr 28, 2022
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 28, 2022
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach		Apr 28, 2022
R-CA	Michelle Steel		Apr 28, 2022
R-IA	Randy Feenstra		Apr 28, 2022
R-NY	Tom Reed		Apr 28, 2022
R-SC	Tom Rice		Apr 28, 2022
R-TX	Tony Gonzales		Apr 28, 2022
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 3, 2022
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		May 3, 2022
R-TX	Pat Fallon		May 3, 2022
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 3, 2022
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		May 3, 2022
R-IL	Darin LaHood		May 6, 2022
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		May 10, 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 Nov 18, 2021
House	Budget Committee	Referred Nov 18, 2021

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 11, 2022Received in the Senate.
May 10, 2022Mr. Garcia (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 10, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4755-4758)
May 10, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6015.
May 10, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4755-4756)

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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 H4755–H4758Text printed H4755Notices H4792Estimated budget effects of H.R. 6015, Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act	J. French Hill R-AR, Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Kathy E. Manning D-NC, Lois Frankel D-FL	May 10, 2022

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 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 201, November 18, 2021, page H6608.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4587	Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act	Related bill	Jul 21, 2022

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Berell Ferencz, in recognition of his service to the United States and international community during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials and lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and rule of law.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 11, 2022Received in Senate
May 10, 2022Engrossed in House
Nov 18, 2021Introduced in House

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