The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
S 91 Signed into law

Sponsored by Bill Hagerty (R)

Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act

Awards one Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats who saved Jews during World War II.

Tradeoff

Honors 60 diplomats who defied their governments to save Jews during World War II. Costs are paid from the US Mint's Public Enterprise Fund, with no cost figure given in the data.

What's in it

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The Senate passed this by on September 24, 2024. The House passed it by on December 4, 2024. The bill was signed into law.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Jan 26, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Jan 26, 2023)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Hagerty's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 3295 · Sep 24, 2024)

    Adds a statement that the honorees list is not exhaustive and that future Congresses may honor more, and has the medal presented collectively to next of kin.

    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 27, 2024)

  7. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 4, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 10, 2024)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 12, 2024)