Bill Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of Black History Month and honoring the outstanding contributions of African-American Medal of Honor recipients.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-14)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. [HR185 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Doug Lamborn [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	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 Carolyn Kilpatrick [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-13	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Heath Shuler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sanford Bishop [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Diane Watson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-33	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ellen Tauscher [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-10	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joe Sestak [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Scott [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Adam Schiff [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-30	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Tim Ryan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ginny Brown-Waite [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-5	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Roscoe Bartlett [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Brown [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SC-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Kirk [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Randy Forbes [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Turner [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Aaron Schock [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mark Schauer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-7	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Thomas Rooney [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-17	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sue Myrick [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Kratovil [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bob Inglis [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SC-4	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Castle [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-DE	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Anh Cao [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Laura Richardson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-37	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Glenn Nye [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Cooper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-5	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 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 Timothy Bishop [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eric Massa [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-29	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Barrow [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Spratt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SC-5	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bob Filner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-51	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Marcia Fudge [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Raul Grijalva [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Glenn Nye [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Patrick Murphy [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gwen Moore [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WI-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kendrick Meek [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-17	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Marshall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Lewis [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Barbara Lee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eddie Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-30	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Alcee Hastings [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Hall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-19	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Luis Gutierrez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charles Rangel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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