House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. 2252.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1694):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2252, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
108726e802ea21ac133696e4b87450a341f4aa0166169f8fac71518b0a55fb47
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2252, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
290 cosponsors — 67 Republicans, 223 Democrats
67 of 290 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and 260 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 55 (117th) Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- H.R. 3119 (117th) Energy Emergency Leadership Act
- H.R. 1374 (117th) Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2021
- H.R. 3320 (117th) Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021
- H.R. 3353 (117th) Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
- H.R. 4158 (117th) Insulin Access for All Act of 2021
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.