US SB186 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
Title
A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where the 4 little Black girls lost their lives, which served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-01-30 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
HB360 (Related) 2013-05-24 - Became Public Law No: 113-11.
Subjects
Alabama
Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Violent crime
Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Violent crime
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/186/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s186/BILLS-113s186is.pdf |