House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
Official title: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in recognition of his contributions to civil rights, his loyalty and patriotism to the Nation, and his dedication to justice and equality.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
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Latest action: Jan 28, 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. 821.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H408):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 821, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/821
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
29 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 23 Democrats
6 of 29 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Young Kim (R-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Derek Tran (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 5723 (119th) Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act
- H.R. 15 (119th) Equality Act
- H.R. 7853 (119th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- H.R. 3261 (119th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8868 (119th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
- H.R. 1957 (119th) End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.