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Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (Introduced 02/27/2019)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | House - Financial Services; House Administration
Latest Action: House - 03/29/2019 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.  (All Actions)

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Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden, to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congressional Gold Medal to honor all of the women who contributed to the success of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space Race.

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03/27/2019Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2061-2062)
03/27/2019Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2061-2062)
02/27/2019Introduced in Senate

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03/29/2019HouseReferred 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.
03/29/2019HouseReferred 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.
03/29/2019-2:32pmHouseReceived in the House.
03/28/2019SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
03/27/2019SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2061-2062)
03/27/2019SenateSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2061-2062)
02/27/2019SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Cosponsors (71)

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CosponsorDate Cosponsored
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Tillis, Thom [R-NC]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]* 02/27/2019
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]* 02/27/2019
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] 03/07/2019
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] 03/07/2019
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] 03/07/2019
Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] 03/07/2019
Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] 03/07/2019
Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] 03/11/2019
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] 03/14/2019
Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] 03/26/2019
Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] 03/26/2019

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Related Documents
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs02/27/2019 Referred to
03/27/2019 Discharged from
House Financial Services03/29/2019 Referred to
Committee on House Administration03/29/2019 Referred to

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Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

(Sec. 3) This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of

  • one Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician;
  • one Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer;
  • two Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race; and
  • one gold medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) between the 1930s and the 1970s.

Certain of such medals shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where they shall be (1) available for display, as appropriate; and (2) made available for research.

The medal awarded in honor of Mary Jackson shall be given to her granddaughter, Wanda Jackson.

(Sec. 4) The Department of the Treasury may strike and sell bronze duplicates. Amounts received from the sale of such medals shall be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.