Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.
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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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate" stage on September 10, 2024. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
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What is a concurrent resolution, exactly?
A concurrent resolution is how the two chambers agree on something between themselves, such as a budget framework or the date they adjourn. Both chambers adopt it, the President plays no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
Frank Lucas (R-OK) introduced it on August 2, 2024, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 2, 2024, 769 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 729 days ago, on September 11, 2024.
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