HRES 720 · 116th Congress · Sports and Recreation
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.
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EnactedLatest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.(2020-03-04)
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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's athletic achievements as the sole Gold Medalist in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correct these inaccuracies in the official Olympic books.…
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Cosponsors (20)
13 Democrats7 Republicans