S 527 · 114th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or in the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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House5
EnactedLatest: Held at the desk.(2015-02-27)
Plain Language Summary
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This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March during March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 527, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in the Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act
Mar 4, 2015As passed by the Senate on February 26, 2015
Full CBO report ↗S. 527, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in the Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act
Mar 4, 2015As passed by the Senate on February 26, 2015
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
15 Democrats5 Republicans