Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays in honor of his distinguished career as an educator, civil and human rights leader, and public theologian.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

22 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 21 Democrats

1 of 22 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Maxine Waters (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.

• H.R. 3442 (107th) National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission Act of 2001
• H.R. 1718 (107th) National Museum of African American History and Culture Act of 2001
• H.R. 1186 (107th) Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act
• H.R. 1996 (107th) Civil Rights for International Travelers Act
• H.R. 4937 (107th) Health Disparities Tax Refund Act of 2002
• H.R. 4194 (107th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located immediately adjacent to…

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-5 district