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H.R. 6795 · 115th Congress

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

EJD JohnsonSponsor
55 cosponsors · 52 D, 3 R

This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 13, 2018

Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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, in recognition of 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 of the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

Latest action (Sep 13, 2018): Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 13, 2018

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

No recorded floor vote found.