118th Congress Science, Technology, Communications
H.R. 4682: Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
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- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate the Mercury 13 in recognition of their accomplishments as part of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs) Program (a privately funded project testing women pilots for astronaut fitness in the 1960s), their work for gender equity, and their example of women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Colin Allred D-TXOriginal
- Suzanne Bonamici D-OROriginal
- Suzan DelBene D-WAOriginal
- Henry Johnson D-GAOriginal
- Young Kim R-CAOriginal
- Barbara Lee D-CAOriginal
- Debbie Lesko R-AZOriginal
- Jared Moskowitz D-FLOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Deborah Ross D-NCOriginal
- Haley Stevens D-MIOriginal
- Dina Titus D-NV
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Maria Salazar R-FL
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJ
- Mike Rogers R-AL
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Michael Turner R-OH
- James Baird R-IN
- Mark DeSaulnier D-CA
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Angie Craig D-MN
- Debbie Dingell D-MI
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Chrissy Houlahan SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Chrissy Houlahan.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


