S 2408 in Congressional Session 106

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : S 2408

 

Title : A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Navajo Code Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/12/2000--Introduced. Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act - Authorizes the President to: (1) present to each of the original twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers or a surviving family member, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal honoring the Navajo Code Talkers; and (2) award to each man who qualified as a Navajo Code Talker (MOS 642) or a surviving family member a silver medal. Provides that such medals are to express recognition by the United States and its citizens in honoring the Navajo Code Talkers who distinguished themselves in performing a unique, highly successful communications operation that greatly assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end of World War II in the Pacific.Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates.Authorizes appropriations.

Votes

Title : A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Navajo Code Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.
Votes in the US Senate
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Votes in the US House
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Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of S 2408
 
Bill Number : S 2408

Title : A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Navajo Code Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 4/12/2000)      

ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

    Sen Abraham, Spencer [MI] - 5/1/2000

    Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - 7/19/2000

    Sen Ashcroft, John [MO] - 5/17/2000

    Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - 6/7/2000

    Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 4/25/2000

    Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 5/23/2000

    Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 5/23/2000

    Sen Breaux, John B. [LA] - 7/20/2000

    Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] - 6/7/2000

    Sen Bryan, Richard H. [NV] - 7/19/2000

    Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] - 5/25/2000

    Sen Burns, Conrad R. [MT] - 7/21/2000

    Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [CO] - 4/13/2000

    Sen Chafee, Lincoln [RI] - 5/18/2000

    Sen Cleland, Max [GA] - 5/15/2000

    Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 7/27/2000

    Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Coverdell, Paul [GA] - 5/9/2000

    Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 7/27/2000

    Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] - 7/20/2000

    Sen DeWine, Mike [OH] - 7/25/2000

    Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] - 6/6/2000

    Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Edwards, John [NC] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 7/17/2000

    Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 4/25/2000

    Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 7/27/2000

    Sen Gorton, Slade [WA] - 5/23/2000

    Sen Graham, Bob [FL] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 7/25/2000

    Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 7/27/2000

    Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 6/6/2000

    Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 4/12/2000

    Sen Jeffords, James M. [VT] - 5/11/2000

    Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 7/10/2000

    Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 7/25/2000

    Sen Kerrey, J. Robert [NE] - 7/21/2000

    Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 5/23/2000

    Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 7/19/2000

    Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 7/19/2000

    Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 7/21/2000

    Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 7/19/2000

    Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 5/1/2000

    Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 7/19/2000

    Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 7/25/2000

    Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 7/26/2000

    Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [NY] - 7/24/2000

    Sen Murkowski, Frank H. [AK] - 5/18/2000

    Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Reid, Harry [NV] - 7/17/2000

    Sen Robb, Charles S. [VA] - 5/15/2000

    Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 5/23/2000

    Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Roth Jr., William V. [DE] - 7/27/2000

    Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. [MD] - 7/26/2000

    Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 7/26/2000

    Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] - 7/26/2000

    Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 7/27/2000

    Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 7/17/2000

    Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] - 5/17/2000

    Sen Torricelli, Robert G. [NJ] - 7/12/2000

    Sen Warner, John [VA] - 5/24/2000

    Sen Wellstone, Paul D. [MN] - 7/10/2000

    Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] - 7/12/2000

Other Info

Bill Number : S 2408

Title : A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Navajo Code Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

 

 
ALL ACTIONS:
 
4/12/2000:Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2619-2620)
 
4/12/2000:Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)