2023-2024 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB1244: The original legislation awarding a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865
Legislative Summary
To posthumously award a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865.
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Bill History
2/28/2023
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/28/2023
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/28/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Financial Services(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 124
Independent: 1
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Al Green
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (125)
Adam Schiff
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democrat
Alma Adams
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Ann Kuster
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Bennie Thompson
Democrat
Betty McCollum
Democrat
William Keating
Democrat
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Brad Sherman
Democrat
Brendan Boyle
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Colin Allred
Democrat
Cori Bush
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Darren Soto
Democrat
David Cicilline
Democrat
David Scott
Democrat
David Trone
Democrat
Debbie Dingell
Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
Deborah Ross
Democrat
Derek Kilmer
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Donald Davis
Democrat
Donald Payne
Democrat
C.A. Ruppersberger
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat
Frank Pallone
Democrat
Frederica Wilson
Democrat
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Glenn Ivey
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Grace Napolitano
Democrat
Greg Casar
Democrat
Gregory Meeks
Democrat
Gwen Moore
Democrat
Haley Stevens
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Jamaal Bowman
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Jared Moskowitz
Democrat
Jasmine Crockett
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
James Clyburn
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Jimmy Gomez
Democrat
Joaquin Castro
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
John Garamendi
Democrat
John Sarbanes
Democrat
Jonathan Jackson
Democrat
Josh Gottheimer
Democrat
Joyce Beatty
Democrat
Juan Vargas
Democrat
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Katie Porter
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Lisa Rochester
Democrat
Elizabeth Fletcher
Democrat
Lloyd Doggett
Democrat
Lois Frankel
Democrat
Lori Trahan
Democrat
Lucy McBath
Democrat
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Marc Veasey
Democrat
Marilyn Strickland
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Mark Takano
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Maxine Waters
Democrat
Maxwell Frost
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Paul Tonko
Democrat
Pete Aguilar
Democrat
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Ritchie Torres
Democrat
Robin Kelly
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Democrat
Sanford Bishop
Democrat
Sara Jacobs
Democrat
Sean Casten
Democrat
Seth Moulton
Democrat
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Democrat
Shontel Brown
Democrat
Stephen Lynch
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Steven Horsford
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democrat
Sylvia Garcia
Democrat
Ted Lieu
Democrat
Terri Sewell
Democrat
Tony Cardenas
Democrat
Troy Carter
Democrat
Valerie Foushee
Democrat
Vicente Gonzalez
Democrat
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Rick Larsen
Democrat
Luis Correa
Democrat
Kathy Castor
Democrat
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Democrat
Summer Lee
Democrat
Jennifer McClellan
Democrat
Kevin Mullin
Democrat
Linda Sanchez
Democrat
Jared Huffman
Democrat
Bill Pascrell
Democrat
Gregorio Sablan
Independent
Judy Chu
Democrat
Morgan McGarvey
Democrat
Michael Burgess
Republican
Erica Lee Carter
Democrat