House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
Official title: To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who fought for or with the United States against the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater and became prisoners of war from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945.
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — 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. 9473.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9473, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 29, 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
68 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 33 Democrats
35 of 68 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Tom Cole (R-OK), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Josh Harder (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV) and 38 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 4284 (119th) Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
- H.R. 4598 (119th) Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt…
- H.R. 6049 (119th) No Payola Act
- H.R. 5774 (119th) Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 56 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to White, non-Hispanic men.
- H.Con.Res. 123 (119th) Recognizing the disparity in wages paid to Latinas and the impact of that disparity on women, families, the economy, and the United States.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.