US Congress Senate Bill 789 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the First Special Service Force (a joint American-Canadian volunteer unit), collectively, in recognition of their World War II service. Requires the awarded medal to be given to the First Special Service Force Association in Helena, Montana, for display or temporary loan for display elsewhere, including at Fort William Henry Harrison in Helena. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates with proceeds deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund. Declares that medals struck under this Act are national medals for purposes of specified coins and currency provisions.

A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.

Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]
Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB324 (Related) 2013-07-12 - Became Public Law No: 113-16.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/789/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s789/BILLS-113s789is.pdf