A bill to authorize the President of the United States to award congressional gold medals to Lawrence Doby and posthumously to Jack Roosevelt Robinson in recognition of their accomplishments in sport and in the advancement of civil rights, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of those medals.
Authorizes and requests the President to present a gold medal to Lawrence Eugene Doby and, posthumously, to Jack Roosevelt Robinson in recognition of their achievements in baseball and their contributions to the advancement of civil rights. Authorizes appropriations.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to cause bronze duplicates of the gold medal to be coined and sold at a price sufficient to cover the cost of such duplicates and such gold medal.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Committee on Banking. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Banking. Reported to Senate by Senator Proxmire with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Banking. Reported to Senate by Senator Proxmire with amendments and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 493.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
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