Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Passed the Senate without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 116th Congress ended.

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71 cosponsors · 44 D, 25 R, 2 I

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

Senate Introduced Feb 27, 2019
Senate Passed Mar 27, 2019

Certain of such medals shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where they shall be (1) available for display, as appropriate; and (2) made available for research.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Mar 27, 2019

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 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.

Certain of such medals shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where they shall be (1) available for display, as appropriate; and (2) made available for research.

The medal awarded in honor of Mary Jackson shall be given to her granddaughter, Wanda Jackson.

(Sec. 4) The Department of the Treasury may strike and sell bronze duplicates. Amounts received from the sale of such medals shall be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

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 (Mar 29, 2019): 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: Senate · Introduced: Feb 27, 2019

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Senate Introduced Feb 27, 2019
Senate Passed Mar 27, 2019

No recorded floor vote found.