Legislation· Sep 2024Sponsored by Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D)
Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act
Awards Billie Jean King a Congressional Gold Medal for her work advancing equal rights for women.
Tradeoff
Awards Billie Jean King a Congressional Gold Medal for advancing women's equal rights. Pays the medal's cost from the US Mint Public Enterprise Fund, and bronze copies are sold to cover costs.
What's in it
The Senate passed this by on May 8, 2024. The House passed it 308-87 on September 17, 2024. It was then signed into law.
Senate
Introduced
(Sep 20, 2023)
Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Sep 20, 2023)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (May 8, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Discharged(May 8, 2024)
House
Received from the Senate
Received(May 10, 2024)
House
On Motion to and Pass
Passed(Roll #419 · Sep 17, 2024)
308 yeanay 87House
Sent to the President
(Sep 24, 2024)
White House · Signature
Signed
Joe Biden (D)
Enacted
Became law(Sep 26, 2024)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Angus S., Jr. King (I-ME)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Robert P., Jr. Casey (D-PA)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Joe, III Manchin (D-WV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
Final passage· Sep 17, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025