Presidential Medal of Freedom
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- HR 4354114th Congress
To affirm the power of the President to revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill Cosby and to provide for criminal penalties for anyone who wears or publicly displays a Presidential Medal of Freedom that has been revoked.
Feb 3, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- HRES 926114th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, to Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, in recognition of her invaluable contribution to modern science in the form of her own immortal cells-HeLa cells-without which life-saving medicines and procedures would not have been developed at critical moments in our Nation's history.
Nov 16, 2016 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- HR 6810115th Congress
To affirm the power of the President to revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill Cosby and to provide for criminal penalties for anyone who wears or publicly displays a Presidential Medal of Freedom that has been revoked.
Sep 13, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- HR 2157116th Congress
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019
Jun 6, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-20.
- SCONRES 20116th Congress
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery.
Jun 20, 2019 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4179)
- S 1511117th Congress
Protecting America's First Responders Act of 2021
Nov 18, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-61.
- SRES 61117th Congress
A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of the Honorable George Pratt Shultz.
Feb 13, 2021 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S739; text: CR S745)