H.Res. 720 · 116th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Debra Haaland
- Introduced
- 2019-11-20
- Latest action
- 2020-03-04 · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's athletic achievements as the sole Gold Medalist in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correct these inaccuracies in the official Olympic books.