Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act became law 254 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 152 words.
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 Congressional 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.
(Sec. 4) The Department of the Treasury may strike and sell bronze duplicates of these medals.
- Committees
- House Committee on House Administration
House Financial Services Committee - Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications: 52 of 2,109 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.5%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 70 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 5, from enrolled bill to public law · 1,749 words
- Subjects
- Advisory bodiesAviation and airportsCongressional tributesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationRacial and ethnic relationsSmithsonian Institution +2 more
- Latest action
- Nov 8, 2019: Became Public Law No: 116-68.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 116th S. 590 Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act D · Passed one chamber