House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RANGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2215):Constitutional Authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8, clause 1, (relating to the general welfare of the United States) and clause 5 (relating to the coinage of money)Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 212 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1303, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Robert Scott (D-VA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.
- H.R. 824 (112th) For the relief of Daniel Wachira.
- H.Res. 376 (112th) Calling for the repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.
- H.Res. 618 (112th) Expressing support for designation of 2012-2013 as the "Year of the Korean War Veteran" and recognizing the 60th anniversary of Korean War.
- H.R. 4202 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence…
- H.R. 1462 (112th) National Black Clergy for the Elimination of HIV/AIDS Act of 2011
- H.R. 6107 (112th) VETS Act of 2012
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.