Bill Title: To grant a Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon between December 7, 1941 and May 6, 1942.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 64-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-21 - Referred to House House Administration [HB2598 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Representative Mark Critz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Tonko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Tonko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gregorio Sablan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MP	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gregorio Sablan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MP	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gregory Meeks [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James McGovern [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sanford Bishop [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Yarmuth [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KY-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Timothy Walz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Harry Teague [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NM-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Carol Shea-Porter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NH-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joe Sestak [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Allyson Schwartz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ciro Rodriguez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-23	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Laura Richardson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-37	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jay Inslee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Conaway [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Suzanne Kosmas [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-24	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Wittman [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Scott Murphy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Doug Lamborn [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Garamendi [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Trent Franks [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bobby Bright [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AL-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mark Schauer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-7	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ed Perlmutter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Matheson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-UT-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Larry Kissell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ben Chandler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KY-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jason Altmire [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eni Faleomavaega [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AS	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Duncan Hunter [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-50	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jeff Fortenberry [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NE-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Silvestre Reyes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Chellie Pingree [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-ME-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bob Filner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-51	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sam Farr [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joe Courtney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CT-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve Cohen [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Andre Carson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IN-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Russ Carnahan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Brady [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Madeleine Bordallo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GU	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Boccieri [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-16	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Andrews [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Adler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Peter Welch [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eric Massa [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-29	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ben Lujan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gerald Connolly [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gabrielle Giffords [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Al Green [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Phil Hare [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-17	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Gary Peters [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ed Pastor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Solomon Ortiz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-27	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Glenn Nye [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eleanor Norton [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-DC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Michaud [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-ME-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Betty McCollum [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Marshall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ron Kind [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WI-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Honda [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-17	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Rush Holt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Hodes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NH-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Maurice Hinchey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-22	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Martin Heinrich [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Spratt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SC-5	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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