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]

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.

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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

Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]
Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]Sen. Angus King [I-ME]Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]Sen. John Thune [R-SD]Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-01-30SenateRead 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.

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