H.R. 431To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Sponsor: Terri A. Sewell [D-AL-07]
Cosponsors: 303 · 169 Democrats · 81 Republicans
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Committees: Financial Services Committee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Latest action: Mar 7, 2015 · Became Public Law No: 114-5.

IntroducedJan 21, 2015
Passed the HouseFeb 11, 2015
Passed the SenateMar 2, 2015
Sent to the PresidentMar 4, 2015
Became lawMar 7, 2015

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March during March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

(Sec. 4) The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 431 as public Law on Mar 7, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 76

House Feb 11, 2015

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Passed · Two-thirds required

420 Yea 0 Nay 12 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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Democratic188 members

Republican244 members

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Cosponsors303 · 169 Democrats · 81 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 431 and vote against it. 6 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 431To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 76

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors303 · 169 Democrats · 81 Republicans

H.R. 431To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 76

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors303 · 169 Democrats · 81 Republicans

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