Senate Bill 590
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act
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Passed Senate on Mar 27, 2019
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Bill Number
590
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116
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
Primary focus of measure is natural sciences, space exploration, research policy and funding, research and development, STEM education, scientific cooperation and communication; technology policies, telecommunication, information technology; digital media, journalism. Measures concerning scientific education may fall under Education policy area.
Chris Coons
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checkPassed on March 27, 2019
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Passed
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Unanimous Consent
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2061-2062)
Summary
Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act
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.
March 29, 2019
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03/29/2019
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.
03/29/2019
Received in the House.
03/28/2019
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
03/27/2019
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2061-2062)
03/27/2019
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2061-2062)
03/27/2019
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2061-2062)
03/27/2019
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2061-2062)
02/27/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
02/27/2019
Introduced in Senate
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