Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act

3.0.0 3498 2025-12-05T21:21:15Z 2025-12-05T21:21:15Z House H HR 2025-05-19 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3498 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MFUME:H.R. 3498.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause, 6 empowers Congress to coinmoney. The U.S. Treasury through the United States Mint hashistorically exercised its power over coinage to strikenational medals.[Page H2147]</pre> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred To 2025-05-19T16:01:00Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-05-19T16:00:50Z Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act 119 1893 S 2025-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2025-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2025-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2025-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000687 Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] Kweisi Mfume D MD 7 N B001281 Rep. 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Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] Shomari Figures D AL 2 2025-07-02 False Health Health 2025-07-22T12:26:59Z Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act Display Title 45 Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act 2025-05-28T03:53:21Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act 2025-05-28T03:53:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks, in recognition of her immortal cells which have made invaluable contributions to global health, scientific research, our quality of life, and patients' rights. 2025-05-28T03:48:47Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3498ih/xml/BILLS-119hr3498ih.xml 2025-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 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