House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7107.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 175, October 30, 2018, Page H9460):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, to make all laws, which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 30, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7107, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7107
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 11, 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
52 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 50 Democrats
2 of 52 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Peter King (R-NY), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 22 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.