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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Aug 22, 2018
Anwar Sadat Centennial Celebration Act
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions to attain comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
People & committees
Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R–UT
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S5865-5866)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S5865-5866)
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5865-5866)
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5865-5866)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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