H.R. 431 became law 45 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 100 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March during March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
(Sec. 4) The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals.
- Committees
- House Financial Services Committee
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 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 · 1,210 words
- Subjects
- AlabamaCongressional tributesMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersProtest and dissentRacial and ethnic relationsU.S. history +1 more
- Latest action
- Mar 7, 2015: Became Public Law No: 114-5.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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- 114th S. 527 A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or in the final Selma R · Passed one chamber