[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 35 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     AWARDING A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO THE FOOT SOLDIERS WHO 
 PARTICIPATED IN BLOODY SUNDAY, TURNAROUND TUESDAY, OR THE FINAL SELMA 
           TO MONTGOMERY VOTING RIGHTS MARCH IN MARCH OF 1965

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 431 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 431) to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, 
     Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting 
     Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for 
     the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 431) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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