House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Iran Hostages Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2021
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 18, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1179.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SUOZZI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H538):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1179, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1179
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 September 8, 2026). 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
298 cosponsors — 117 Republicans, 181 Democrats
117 of 298 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA) and 268 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Suozzi.
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- H.R. 3449 (117th) HIRE Act of 2021
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.