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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

October 7 Gold Medal Act

H.R. 5715Introduced Oct 8, 2025Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Official title: To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the American hostages and victims of the October 7th, 2023 attacks, in recognition of their profound suffering and sacrifice.

Sponsor: Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJ
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5715.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5715, last updated December 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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

22 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 19 Democrats

3 of 22 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), David Scott (D-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Norma Torres (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-5 district

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.