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Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)

USA115th CongressHR-2740| House 
| Updated: 11/14/2018
Nydia M. Velázquez

Nydia M. Velázquez

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (250)
Lamar Smith (Republican)Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Dwight Evans (Democratic)Al Lawson (Democratic)Chris Stewart (Republican)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Steve Chabot (Republican)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Mia B. Love (Republican)Robert Pittenger (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Bob Gibbs (Republican)David Kustoff (Republican)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)John Katko (Republican)Tom Cole (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Kay Granger (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Richard M. Nolan (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Mark Meadows (Republican)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Randy Hultgren (Republican)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Rick W. Allen (Republican)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Kevin Brady (Republican)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Edward R. Royce (Republican)Paul Cook (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)J. Luis Correa (Democratic)John J. Faso (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)Leonard Lance (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Andy Biggs (Republican)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Keith J. Rothfus (Republican)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democratic)Thomas A. Garrett (Republican)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Carlos Curbelo (Republican)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Rob Bishop (Republican)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Mike Bishop (Republican)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ken Calvert (Republican)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Rod Blum (Republican)Todd Rokita (Republican)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Scott Perry (Republican)James B. Renacci (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Dan Newhouse (Republican)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Luke Messer (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Kenny Marchant (Republican)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Ron DeSantis (Republican)Paul Mitchell (Independent)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Patrick Meehan (Republican)Al Green (Democratic)Don Bacon (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Joe Wilson (Republican)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)John Conyers (Democratic)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Rodney Davis (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Roger Williams (Republican)Gene Green (Democratic)Gregory W. Meeks (Democratic)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democratic)Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democratic)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Bill Shuster (Republican)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Sander M. Levin (Democratic)Will Hurd (Republican)Chris Collins (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)John Lewis (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Mark Takano (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Daniel Webster (Republican)Brad Sherman (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Richard E. Neal (Democratic)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Jim Costa (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Sam Graves (Republican)Michael K. Simpson (Republican)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)David G. Valadao (Republican)Diane Black (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Maxine Waters (Democratic)Adam Smith (Democratic)Ron Kind (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Matt Gaetz (Republican)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Robert E. Latta (Republican)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Bill Posey (Republican)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Susan W. Brooks (Republican)Josh Gottheimer (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Tom Graves (Republican)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Kevin Yoder (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Frank Pallone (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Jimmy Gomez (Democratic)Trent Franks (Republican)Harold Rogers (Republican)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)Jack Bergman (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Louie Gohmert (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Mimi Walters (Republican)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Bill Pascrell (Democratic)Colleen Hanabusa (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Francis Rooney (Republican)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Financial Services Committee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II.

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Timeline
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
May 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Nov 13, 2018
Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 13, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9474-9475)
Nov 13, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2740.
Nov 13, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9474-9475)
Nov 13, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9474-9475)
Nov 13, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 14, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 25, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 25, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.


  • November 13, 2018
    Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.


  • November 13, 2018
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9474-9475)


  • November 13, 2018
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2740.


  • November 13, 2018
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9474-9475)


  • November 13, 2018
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9474-9475)


  • November 13, 2018
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • November 14, 2018
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)

USA115th CongressHR-2740| House 
| Updated: 11/14/2018
Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl in recognition of his acts of valor during World War II.

Bill Text Versions

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3 versions available

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Timeline
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
May 25, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Nov 13, 2018
Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 13, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9474-9475)
Nov 13, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2740.
Nov 13, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9474-9475)
Nov 13, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9474-9475)
Nov 13, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 14, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 25, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 25, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.


  • November 13, 2018
    Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.


  • November 13, 2018
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9474-9475)


  • November 13, 2018
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2740.


  • November 13, 2018
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9474-9475)


  • November 13, 2018
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9474-9475)


  • November 13, 2018
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • November 14, 2018
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Nydia M. Velázquez

Nydia M. Velázquez

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (250)
Lamar Smith (Republican)Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Dwight Evans (Democratic)Al Lawson (Democratic)Chris Stewart (Republican)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Steve Chabot (Republican)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Mia B. Love (Republican)Robert Pittenger (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Bob Gibbs (Republican)David Kustoff (Republican)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)John Katko (Republican)Tom Cole (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Kay Granger (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Richard M. Nolan (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Mark Meadows (Republican)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Randy Hultgren (Republican)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Rick W. Allen (Republican)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Kevin Brady (Republican)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Edward R. Royce (Republican)Paul Cook (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)J. Luis Correa (Democratic)John J. Faso (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)Leonard Lance (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Andy Biggs (Republican)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Keith J. Rothfus (Republican)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democratic)Thomas A. Garrett (Republican)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Carlos Curbelo (Republican)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Rob Bishop (Republican)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Mike Bishop (Republican)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ken Calvert (Republican)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Rod Blum (Republican)Todd Rokita (Republican)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Scott Perry (Republican)James B. Renacci (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Dan Newhouse (Republican)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Luke Messer (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Kenny Marchant (Republican)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Ron DeSantis (Republican)Paul Mitchell (Independent)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Patrick Meehan (Republican)Al Green (Democratic)Don Bacon (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Joe Wilson (Republican)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)John Conyers (Democratic)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Rodney Davis (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Roger Williams (Republican)Gene Green (Democratic)Gregory W. Meeks (Democratic)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democratic)Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democratic)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Bill Shuster (Republican)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Sander M. Levin (Democratic)Will Hurd (Republican)Chris Collins (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)John Lewis (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Mark Takano (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Daniel Webster (Republican)Brad Sherman (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Richard E. Neal (Democratic)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Jim Costa (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Sam Graves (Republican)Michael K. Simpson (Republican)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)David G. Valadao (Republican)Diane Black (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Maxine Waters (Democratic)Adam Smith (Democratic)Ron Kind (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Matt Gaetz (Republican)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Robert E. Latta (Republican)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Bill Posey (Republican)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Susan W. Brooks (Republican)Josh Gottheimer (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Tom Graves (Republican)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Kevin Yoder (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Frank Pallone (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Jimmy Gomez (Democratic)Trent Franks (Republican)Harold Rogers (Republican)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)Jack Bergman (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Louie Gohmert (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Mimi Walters (Republican)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Bill Pascrell (Democratic)Colleen Hanabusa (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Francis Rooney (Republican)Judy Chu (Democratic)

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  • Enacted
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