To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.

H.R.2939

Introduced:

August 1, 2013

Congress:

113

Session:

First

Last Major Action:

June 9, 2014

Became Public Law

Congress commissions gold medals as its highest expression of appreciation for distinguished achievements. This would be the first congressional gold medal awarded to a sitting Israeli president.

299 cosponsors (187D, 112R).

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Robert Andrews(D-NJ)Michele Marie Bachmann(R-MN)Ron Barber(D-AZ)John Barrow(D-GA)

Robert Andrews(D-NJ)Michele Marie Bachmann(R-MN)Ron Barber(D-AZ)John Barrow(D-GA)Joe Barton(R-TX)Karen Bass(D-CA)Joyce Beatty(D-OH)Daniel Benishek(R-MI)Kerry Bentivolio(R-MI)Ami Bera(D-CA)Gus Bilirakis(R-FL)Sanford Bishop(D-GA)Timothy Bishop(D-)Rob Bishop(R-UT)Diane Black(R-TN)Earl Blumenauer(D-OR)Suzanne Bonamici(D-OR)Madeleine Bordallo(D-)Charles Jr Boustany(R-LA)Robert Brady(D-PA)Bruce Braley(D-IA)Susan Brooks(R-IN)Mo Brooks(R-AL)Paul Jr. Broun(R-GA)Corrine Brown(D-FL)Julia Brownley(D-CA)Cheri Bustos(D-IL)GK Butterfield(D-NC)Bradley Byrne(R-AL)Lois Capps(D-CA)Michael Capuano(D-MA)Tony Cardenas(D-CA)John Carney(D-DE)Andre Carson(D-IN)Matt Cartwright(D-PA)Bill Cassidy(R-LA)Kathy Castor(D-FL)Joaquin Castro(D-TX)Steve Chabot(R-OH)Jason Chaffetz(R-UT)Judy Chu(D-CA)David Cicilline(D-RI)Yvette Clarke(D-)William Clay Jr(D-MO)Emanuel Cleaver(D-MO)James Clyburn(D-SC)Howard Coble(R-NC)Mike Coffman(R-CO)Stephen Cohen(D-TN)Tom Cole(R-OK)Doug Collins(R-GA)Gerry Connolly(D-VA)John Conyers Jr(D-MI)Paul Cook(R-CA)Jim Cooper(D-TN)Jim Costa(D-CA)Tom Cotton(R-AR)Joe Courtney(D-CT)Kevin Cramer(R-ND)Ander Crenshaw(R-FL)Joseph Crowley(D-)Henry Cuellar(D-TX)Elijah Cummings(D-MD)Susan Davis(D-CA)Rodney Davis(R-IL)Danny Davis(D-IL)Peter DeFazio(D-OR)Diana DeGette(D-CO)Ron DeSantis(R-FL)Susan DelBene(D-WA)John Delaney(D-MD)Rosa Delauro(D-CT)Charlie Dent(R-PA)Scott DesJarlais(R-TN)Ted Deutch(D-FL)Mario Diaz-Balart(R-FL)Lloyd Doggett(D-TX)Mike Doyle(D-PA)John Duncan Jr(R-TN)Keith Ellison(D-MN)Eliot Engel(D-)William Enyart(D-IL)Anna Eshoo(D-CA)Elizabeth Esty(D-CT)Eni Faleomavaega(D-AS)Blake Farenthold(R-TX)Sam Farr(D-CA)Chaka Fattah(D-PA)Jeffrey Lane Fortenberry(R-NE)Bill Foster(D-IL)Lois Frankel(D-FL)Trent Franks(R-AZ)Marcia Fudge(D-OH)Tulsi Gabbard(D-HI)Pete Gallego(D-TX)John Garamendi(D-CA)Joe Garcia(D-FL)Scott Garrett(R-NJ)Jim Gerlach(R-PA)Chris Gibson(R-NY)Louis Jr. Gohmert(R-TX)Bob Goodlatte(R-VA)Paul Gosar(R-AZ)Tom Graves(R-GA)Sam Graves(R -MO)Alan Grayson(D-FL)Al Green(D-TX)Gene Green(D-TX)Tim Griffin(R-AR)Raul Grijalva(D-AZ)Michael Grimm(R-NY)Luis Gutierrez(D-IL)Janice Hahn(D-CA)Ralph Hall(R-TX)Colleen Hanabusa(D-HI)Gregg Harper(R-MS)Alcee Hastings(D-FL)Brian Higgins(D-)Jim Himes(D-CT)Ruben Hinojosa(D-TX)George Holding(R-NC)Rush Holt(D-NJ)Mike Honda(D-CA)Steven Horsford(D-NV)Steny Hoyer(D-MD)Richard Hudson(R-NC)Jared Huffman(D-CA)Duncan Hunter(D-CA)Steve Israel(D-)Darrell Issa(R-CA)Sheila Jackson-Lee(D-TX)Hakeem Jeffries(D-NY)Bill Johnson(R-OH)Hank Johnson(D-GA)Eddie Bernice Johnson(D-TX)David Jolly(R-FL)Walter Jr Jones(R-NC)James Jordan(R-OH)David Joyce(R-OH)Marcy Kaptur(D-OH)William Keating(D-MA)Robin L. Kelly(D-IL)Derek Kilmer(D-WA)Ron Kind(D-WI)Pete King(R-)Steven King(R-IA)Jack Kingston(R-GA)Adam Kinzinger(R-IL)Ann Kirkpatrick(D-AZ)John Kline(R-MN)Ann M. Kuster(D-NH)Doug LaMalfa(R-CA)Leonard Lance(R-NJ)Jim Langevin(D-RI)James Lankford(R-OK)Rick Larsen(D-WA)John Larson(D-CT)Robert Latta(R-OH)Barbara Lee(D-CA)Sander Levin(D-MI)John Lewis(D-GA)Daniel Lipinski(D-IL)David Loebsack(D-IA)Alan Lowenthal(D-CA)Nita Lowey(D-)Ben R. Lujan(D-NM)Michelle Lujan Grisham(D-NM)Stephen Lynch(D-MA)Dan Maffei(D-NY)Carolyn Maloney(D-)Sean Patrick Maloney(D-NY)Tom Marino(R-PA)Jim Matheson(D-UT)Doris Matsui(D-CA)Vance McAllister(R-LA)Carolyn McCarthy(D-)Tom McClintock(R-CA)Betty McCollum(D-MN)Jim McDermott(D-WA)James McGovern(D-MA)Patrick McHenry(R-NC)Mike McIntyre(D-NC)Gloria Negrete McLeod(D-CA)Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-WA)Jerry McNerney(D-CA)Mark Meadows(R-NC)Gregory Meeks(D-)Grace Meng(D-NY)Mike Michaud(D-ME)Candice Miller(R-MI)Jeff Miller(R-FL)George Miller(D-CA)Gwen Moore(D-WI)Jim Moran(D-VA)Markwayne Mullin(R-OK)Patrick Murphy(D-PA)Jerrold Nadler(D-NY)Richard Neal(D-MA)Kristi Noem(R-SD)Rick Nolan(D-MN)Eleanor Holmes Norton(D-DC)Devin Gerald Nunes(R-CA)Alan Nunnelee(R-MS)Bill Owens(D-NY)Frank Pallone Jr(D-NJ)Bill Pascrell Jr(D-NJ)Ed Pastor(D-AZ)Erik Paulsen(R-MN)Donald Payne(D-NJ)Edwin Perlmutter(D-CO)Scott Peters(D-CA)Gary Peters(D-MI)Pedro Pierluisi(D-PR)Chellie Pingree(D-ME)Robert Pittenger(R-NC)Joe Pitts(R-PA)Mark Pocan(D-WI)Jared Polis(D-CO)David Price(D-NC)Tom Price(R-GA)Mike Quigley(D-IL)Charles Rangel(D-)James Renacci(R-OH)Tom Rice(R-SC)Cedric Richmond(D-LA)David "Phil" Roe(R-TN)Mike D Rogers(R-AL)Hal Rogers(R-KY)Tom Rooney(R-FL)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen(R-FL)Peter Roskam(R-IL)Dennis Ross(R-FL)Keith Rothfus(R-PA)Ed Royce(R-CA)Raul Ruiz(D-CA)Jon Runyan(R-NJ)Dutch Ruppersberger(D-MD)Bobby Rush(D-IL)Tim Ryan(D-OH)Gregorio Sablan(I-MP)Matt Salmon(R-AZ)Linda Sanchez(D-CA)John Sarbanes(D-MD)Stephen Joseph Scalise(R-LA)Jan Schakowsky(D-IL)Adam Schiff(D-CA)Brad Schneider(D-IL)Aaron Schock(R-IL)Kurt Schrader(D-OR)Allyson Schwartz(D-PA)David Schweikert(R-AZ)Robert Scott(D-VA)Austin Scott(R-SC)David Scott(D-GA)James Jr Sensenbrenner(R-WI)Jose Serrano(D-)Pete Sessions(R-TX)Terri Sewell(D-AL)Carol Shea-Porter(D-NH)Brad Sherman(D-CA)Kyrsten Sinema(D-AZ)Albio Sires(D-NJ)Louise McIntosh Slaughter(D-)Chris Smith(R-NJ)Jason Smith(R-MO)Adam Smith(D-WA)Jackie Speier(D-CA)Chris Stewart(R-UT)Steve Stivers(R-OH)Steve Stockman(R-TX)Eric Swalwell(D-CA)Mark Takano(D-CA)Lee Terry(R-NE)Mike Thompson(D-CA)Bennie Thompson(D-MS)Patrick Tiberi(R-OH)John Tierney(D-MA)Dina Titus(D-NV)Paul Tonko(D-NY)Niki Tsongas(D-MA)David Valadao(R-CA)Chris Van Hollen(D-MD)Juan Vargas(D-CA)Marc Veasey(D-TX)Filemon Vela Jr.(D-TX)Nydia Velazquez(D-)Pete Visclosky(D-IN)Jackie Walorski(R-IN)Debbie Wasserman-Shultz(D-FL)Henry Waxman(D-CA)Randy K. Weber(R-TX)Daniel Webster(R-FL)Peter Welch(D-VT)Roger Williams(R-TX)Joe Wilson(R-SC)Frederica Wilson(D-FL)Frank Wolf(R-VA)Rob Woodall(R-GA)John Yarmuth(D-KY)

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Legislation Topics

Israel/Israelis