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Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
Conflicts and wars · Congressional tributes · District of Columbia
Key facts
Introduced: Apr 19, 2023
Chamber: House
Cosponsors: 34
Congress: 118th
Latest action · May 15, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
Summary
Hershel "Woody" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
This bill requires the authorized commemorative work honoring Medal of Honor recipients to be located within the Reserve (the great cross-axis of the National Mall, which generally extends from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial).
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- May 15, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
- Nov 13, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Nov 8, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 8, 2023On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 11/6/2023 CR H5416)
- Nov 8, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 11/6/2023 CR H5416)
- Nov 8, 2023Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5648)
- Nov 6, 2023At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Westerman objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Nov 6, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2717.
- Nov 6, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5416-5418)
- Nov 6, 2023Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 3, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 216.
- Nov 3, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-267.
- Nov 3, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-267.
- Jul 26, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 0.
- Jul 26, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 26, 2023Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Jul 13, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Apr 19, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Apr 19, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 19, 2023Introduced in House
Cosponsors (showing first 30 of 34)
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] D-TX
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] D-NY
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] D-CA
- Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] R-UT
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] R-WV
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] R-NC
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] R-TX
- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] R-TX
- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] R-OK
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] R-TN
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] R-FL
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] R-TX
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] R-IA
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] R-TX
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] D-CA
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] D-CO
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] R-TX
- Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] D-TX
- Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] R-PA
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] D-CA
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] R-TX
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] R-WI
- Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] R-AL
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] R-SC
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] R-OR
- Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] R-AR
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] R-NE
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] R-MN
- Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] R-OH
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] R-MS
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