{"bill":{"id":"118-hconres-124","congress":118,"type":"HCONRES","number":124,"title":"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.","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2024-08-02","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"L000491","fullName":"Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]","party":"R","state":"OK","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":1,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2024-09-11","text":"Message on Senate action sent to the House."},"policyArea":"Congress","subjects":["Commemorative events and holidays","Congressional tributes","U.S. Capitol"],"actions":[{"date":"2024-09-11","text":"Message on Senate action sent to the House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-10","text":"Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5946)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-10","text":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-09-09","text":"Received in the Senate.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4993)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4993)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"Committee on House Administration discharged.","type":"Discharge","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"Committee on House Administration discharged.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-16","text":"Without objection, the Chair laid before the House H. Con. Res. 124.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-02","text":"Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2024-08-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<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>","updateDate":"2025-08-20T16:10:00Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":690,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:39:03.051Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Authorizing%20the%20use%20of%20Emancipation%20Hall%20in%20the%20Capitol%20Visi"}]}}