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LegislationLegislation· Sep 2024
S 815

Sponsored by Jon Tester (D)

Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2024

Would have awarded a single Congressional Gold Medal to the Army Signal Corps telephone operators known as the Hello Girls.

Tradeoff

Would have directed the Speaker and Senate President pro tempore to present one gold medal honoring the Hello Girls. Would have let the Treasury sell bronze duplicates, with costs paid from the US Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

What's in it

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The Senate passed this bill by on September 24, 2024. The bill expired before the House acted on it when the 118th Congress ended.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Mar 15, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Mar 15, 2023)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Tester's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 3296 · Sep 24, 2024)

    Adds authority to charge the Mint Public Enterprise Fund for medal costs and requires bronze duplicate sale proceeds to be deposited there.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 24, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

    Discharged(Sep 24, 2024)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Sep 25, 2024)