Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2009
- Committee actionJul 20, 2009
- Passed SenateJul 20, 2009 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2010 — Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 951.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.2245, which became Public Law 111-44 on 8/7/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 951, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/951
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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
40 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 29 Democrats, 1 independent
10 of 40 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA) and 10 more.
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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.