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Bill114th CongressFiled Feb 12, 2015Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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 to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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What it doesSummary passed senate without amendment (Feb 26, 2015)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported 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.

What just happenedFeb 27, 2015

Held at the desk.

Who’s behind it

Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL](R-AL)Sponsor
74 cosponsors39 D34 R1 I
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  1. Feb 27, 2015FloorH15000

    Held at the desk.

  2. Feb 27, 2015FloorH14000

    Received in the House.

  3. Feb 27, 2015Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. Feb 26, 2015Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1137-1138; text as passed Senate: CR S1137)

  5. Feb 26, 2015Floor17000

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1137-1138; text as passed Senate: CR S1137)

  6. Feb 24, 2015Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.

  7. Feb 24, 2015Committee

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby without amendment. Without written report.

    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  8. Feb 24, 2015Committee14000

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby without amendment. Without written report.

    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  9. Feb 24, 2015Committee

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  10. Feb 12, 2015IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
  11. Feb 12, 2015IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Passed Senate without amendmentFeb 26, 201582

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported 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.

Reported to Senate without amendmentFeb 24, 201580

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(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.

Introduced in SenateFeb 12, 2015

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.

The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals.

A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody… — Informed