H.R. 360 became law 121 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 156 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 24, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). Requires such medal to be given to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL, where it shall be available for display or temporary loan to other appropriate places. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
- Committees
- House Financial Services Committee
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues: 15 of 546 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.7%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 108 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 5, from enrolled bill to public law · 873 words
- Subjects
- AlabamaCommemorative events and holidaysCongressional tributesCrime victimsRacial and ethnic relationsU.S. history +1 more
- Latest action
- May 24, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-11.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 113th S. 186 A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recogn R · Introduced