House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

The original legislation awarding a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865

H.R. 1244Introduced Feb 28, 2023Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 28, 2023 — 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. 1244.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof The single subject of this legislation is: This bill will award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within the United States from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 1244, 118th Congress
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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

125 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 124 Democrats

1 of 125 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA) and 95 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-9 district

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