To urge the President, on behalf of the United States, to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, in recognition of his significant, enduring, and historic contributions to the causes of freedom, human dignity, and peace and to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Holiness' inauguration of his ministry as Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pastor of the Catholic Church.

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

53 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 18 Democrats

18 of 53 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.

Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), John Boehner (R-OH), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dave Camp (R-MI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), John Dingell (D-MI), John Duncan (R-TN), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Mark Green (R-WI), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Christopher John (D-LA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Peter King (R-NY), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), Jim Leach (R-IA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) and 23 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.

• H.R. 5107 (108th) Justice for All Act of 2004
• H.R. 1086 (108th) Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003
• H.R. 1437 (108th) To improve the United States Code.
• H.R. 4417 (108th) To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
• H.R. 16 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2003.
• H.R. 3349 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2004.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-5 district