HR 9473 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced Jun 25, 2026 Originated House Sponsor Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 25, 2026 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 25, 2026
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 68

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-GAAustin ScottOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-CADave MinOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-CADavid G. ValadaoOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-NEDon BaconOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NCDonald G. DavisOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-VAEugene Simon VindmanOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NMGabe VasquezOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-ALGary J. PalmerOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-MEJared F. GoldenOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-COJason CrowOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-COJeff HurdOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-INJefferson ShreveOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-VAJohn J. McGuire IIIOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-AZJuan CiscomaniOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-MPKimberlyn King-HindsOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-NYMichael LawlerOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-OHMike CareyOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-NYNicholas A. LangworthyOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-NYNick LaLotaOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-TXPat FallonOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-MNPete StauberOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-CARaul RuizOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-GARichard McCormickOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-IDRuss FulcherOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJun 25, 2026
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-ALShomari FiguresOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalJun 25, 2026
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-OKTom ColeOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-INVictoria SpartzOriginalJun 25, 2026
R-WIDerrick Van OrdenJun 30, 2026
R-NCGregory F. MurphyJun 30, 2026
R-TXJake EllzeyJul 13, 2026
R-INJames R. BairdJul 13, 2026
R-OKStephanie I. BiceJul 14, 2026
D-CADerek TranJul 15, 2026
R-TXMorgan LuttrellJul 15, 2026
D-CAJudy ChuJul 21, 2026
D-NJAnalilia MejiaSep 28, 2026
D-TXVeronica EscobarSep 28, 2026

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Jun 25, 2026
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Jun 25, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Jun 25, 2026Referred 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. 172, no. 107, June 25, 2026, page H4263.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who fought for or with the United States against the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater and became prisoners of war from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2026Introduced in House

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