House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2023
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 1, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1299.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1051):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the group of heroic participants in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising who led an armed resistance against Nazi occupiers and fought to preserve and protect the Jewish culture.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 308 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1299, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
22 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 17 Democrats
5 of 22 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Kay Granger (R-TX), James Himes (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Michael Turner (R-OH), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 872 (118th) Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat antisemitism in Europe.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.