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Version 55 · Passed Senate · Sep 10, 2024
This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on September 18, 2024, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.
This act requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of Congressional Gold Medals
to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician;
to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer;
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
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.
People & committees
Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] · R–OK
Legislative record
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5946)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4993)
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4993)
Committee on House Administration discharged.
Committee on House Administration discharged.
Without objection, the Chair laid before the House H. Con. Res. 124.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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