House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
Official title: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 761st Tank Battalion, collectively, in recognition of their crucial role in the success of Allied forces in Europe and for the example they set as the first Black soldiers to go to war as part of an American armored unit.
Sponsor: Rep. Gary Palmer R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 26, 2025 — 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. 1628.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H880):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
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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
290 cosponsors — 191 Republicans, 98 Democrats, 1 independent
99 of 290 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN) and 260 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 1022 (118th) 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal ActCross-Congress related bill
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Sponsor’s state and district
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