House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2003
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2680.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1368, which became Public Law 108-368 on 10/25/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2680, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2680
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
293 cosponsors — 83 Republicans, 209 Democrats, 1 independent
82 of 293 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Frank Ballance (D-NC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA) and 263 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 1616 (108th) Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 3491 (108th) National Museum of African American History and Culture Act
- H.Res. 303 (108th) Honoring Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., former Mayor of the City of Atlanta, and extending the condolences of the House of Representatives…
- H.Res. 798 (108th) Honoring former President James Earl (Jimmy) Carter on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
- H.R. 2205 (108th) National Museum of African American History and Culture Act
- H.R. 3809 (108th) Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary to Ensure a Stronger Society: Civil Rights Act of 2004
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.