A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Reverend Oliver L. Brown.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R BrownbackSponsor

33 cosponsors · 10 D, 23 R

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 9, 2004

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in commemoration of the Reverend Oliver L. Brown (the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education) in recognition of his and his fellow plaintiffs' enduring contributions to civil rights and American society.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Reverend Oliver L. Brown.

Latest action (Mar 9, 2004): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Policy area: Commemorations · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 9, 2004

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.