To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.

Bill: 113-hr-360
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Alabama
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 

action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). 
 
 Requires such medal to be given to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL, where it shall be available for display or temporary loan to other appropriate places. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 

action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 24, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). 
 
 Requires such medal to be given to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL, where it shall be available for display or temporary loan to other appropriate places. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 

action_date: 2013-05-24
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 24, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). 
 
Requires such medal to be given to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL, where it shall be available for display or temporary loan to other appropriate places. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Became Public Law No: 113-11.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Became Public Law No: 113-11.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-05-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3351-3352)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3351-3352)
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 123). (text: CR H2261)
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 123).(text: CR H2261)
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2275)
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 360.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2261-2267)
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Mr. Bachus moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-11