S. 527 · 114th Congress

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

Stage
Passed a chamber
Sponsor
Jeff Sessions
Introduced
2015-02-12
Latest action
2015-02-27 · Held at the desk.

Action history

  1. 2015-02-27Held at the desk.
  2. 2015-02-27Received in the House.
  3. 2015-02-27Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. 2015-02-26Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  5. 2015-02-24Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  6. 2015-02-24Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby without amendment. Without written report.
  7. 2015-02-24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
  8. 2015-02-12Introduced in Senate
  9. 2015-02-12Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.