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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill

Act Details

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2003-06-27 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 108 United States Congress by Carl Levin in relation with: Blacks, Civil rights and liberties, minority issues, Civil rights workers, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional gold medals, Minorities.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal Act became law (1) in the United States on 2004-10-25. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs (SSBK)
House Financial Services (HSBA)

Sponsor

Carl Levin, Democrat, Senator from Michigan

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Daniel Kahikina Akaka, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii
Lamar Alexander, Republican, Senator, from Tennessee
George Allen, Republican, Senator, from Virginia
Max Sieben Baucus, Democrat, Senator, from Montana
Birch Evans Bayh, Democrat, Senator, from Indiana
Joseph Robinette Biden, Democrat, Senator, from Delaware
Jeff Bingaman, Senator, from New Mexico
Christopher Samuel (kit) Bond, Republican, Senator, from Missouri
Barbara Boxer, Democrat, Senator, from California
John Berlinger Breaux, Democrat, Senator, from Louisiana
Sam Dale Brownback, Republican, Senator, from Kansas
Robert Byrd, Senator, from West Virginia
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Democrat; Republican, Senator, from Colorado
Maria E. Cantwell, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Thomas Richard Carper, Democrat, Senator, from Delaware
Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Republican, Senator, from Rhode Island
Saxby Chambliss, Republican, Senator, from Georgia, district 8
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat, Senator, from New York
William Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi
Susan Margaret Collins, Republican, Senator, from Maine
Kent Conrad, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Jon Stevens Corzine, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Thomas Daschle, Senator, from South Dakota
Mark Dayton, Democrat, Senator, from Minnesota
Mike DeWine, Senator, from Ohio
Christopher John Dodd, Democrat, Senator, from Connecticut
Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Republican, Senator, from North Carolina
Byron Leslie Dorgan, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Richard Joseph Durbin, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
John Edwards, Democrat, Senator, from North Carolina
Michael B. Enzi, Republican, Senator
Russell Dana Feingold, Democrat, Senator, from Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, Democrat, Senator, from California
Peter G. Fitzgerald, Republican, Senator, from Illinois
William Frist, Senator, from Tennessee
Bob Graham, Senator, from Florida
Chuck Grassley, Senator, from Iowa
Charles Timothy (chuck) Hagel, Republican, Senator, from Nebraska
Thomas Richard (tom) Harkin, Democrat, Senator, from Iowa
Orrin Grant Hatch, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
James Merrill Jeffords, Republican; Independent, Senator, from Vermont
Timothy Peter (tim) Johnson, Democrat, Senator, from South Dakota
Edward Moore (ted) Kennedy, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
John Forbes Kerry, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
Herb Kohl, Senator, from Wisconsin
Jon Kyl, Senator, from Arizona
Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat, Senator, from Louisiana
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Patrick Joseph Leahy, Democrat, Senator, from Vermont
Joseph Lieberman, Senator, from Connecticut
Blanche Lambert Lincoln, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
Richard Lugar, Senator, from Indiana
John Sidney Mccain, Republican, Senator, from Arizona
Barbara Ann Mikulski, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
Zell Bryan Miller, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
Patty Murray, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Clarence William (bill) Nelson, Democrat, Senator, from Florida
Ben Nelson, Senator, from Nebraska
Mark Pryor, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
John F. (jack) Reed, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
Harry Reid, Democrat, Senator, from Nevada
John Davison Iv (jay) Rockefeller, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Richard John (rick) Santorum, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Charles Ellis (chuck) Schumer, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Jefferson Beauregard Iii (jeff) Sessions, Republican, Senator, from Alabama
Olympia Snowe, Senator, from Maine
Debbie Stabenow, Senator, from Michigan, district 8
Theodore Fulton (ted) Stevens, Republican, Senator, from Alaska
George Victor Voinovich, Republican, Senator, from Ohio
John William Warner, Republican, Senator, from Virginia
Ronald Lee Wyden, Democrat, Senator, from Oregon

Act Overview

• Number: 1368 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: An Act to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King , Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement (4)
• Popular Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill
• Date First Introduced: 2003-06-27
• Sponsor Name: Ronald Lee Wyden
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2004-10-25
• Type: s (7)
• Main Topic: Commemorations
• Related Bills: (8)

  hr2680-108, Reason: related, Type: bill

• Summary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill

Authorizes the President to present on behalf of Congress a gold medal to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their service to the Nation.

Bill Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of a bill are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
• [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
• [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill)
• [Note 4] An Act to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King , Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 2003-06-27) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
• [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
• [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
• [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. An Act originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
• [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal bill, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold Medal Act submitted yet.

Blacks
Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Minorities

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.