Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Sponsor: Sen. Mel Martinez R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 7, 2009
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 7, 2009 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1401.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.1243, which became Public Law 111-65 on 9/30/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1401, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1401
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
20 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 20 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
John Barrasso (R-WY), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Bob Casey (D-PA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Ensign (R-NV), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Harry Reid (D-NV), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Udall (D-CO), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.