Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.

Bill: 118-hconres-124
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2024-08-02
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

U.S. Capitol
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-10
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on&nbsp;September 18, 2024, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.</p><p>This act requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of Congressional Gold Medals</p><ul><li>to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician;</li><li>to Dr. Christine&nbsp;Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer;</li><li>in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race; and</li><li>in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) between the 1930s and the 1970s.</li></ul>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 124 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 9, 2024 Received CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.

1. Use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals awarded under Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on Sep- tember 18, 2024, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act ( Public Law 116–68 ). (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe.

Passed the House of Representatives August 16, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: IV One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four H. CON. RES. 124 September 10, 2024 Agreed to CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.

1. Use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals awarded under Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on September 18, 2024, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act ( Public Law 116–68 ). (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe.

Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate.

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 124 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.

1. Use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals awarded under Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on September 18, 2024, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act ( Public Law 116–68 ). (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe.

Passed the House of Representatives August 16, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 124 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2024 Mr. Lucas (for himself and Ms. Lofgren ) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.

1. Use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals awarded under Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on September 18, 2024, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act ( Public Law 116–68 ). (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe.