House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 10, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6015.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 201, November 18, 2021, Page H6608):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6015, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6015
- 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
296 cosponsors — 80 Republicans, 216 Democrats
80 of 296 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), 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), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and 266 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Frankel.
- H.R. 4134 (117th) Keeping Girls in School Act
- H.R. 8227 (117th) Speak Out Act
- H.Con.Res. 24 (117th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.R. 3586 (117th) Veteran Education Empowerment Act
- H.R. 5842 (117th) EMPOWER Act
- H.R. 1455 (117th) To obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a monument to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court…
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.