S. 709: A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-03-26 · Commemorations · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-60.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-03-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 108-60. (final step reached)
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Official title

A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to maintaining the security of all freedom-loving nations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such gold medal and to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals; and (2) deposit sums received from the sale of the bronze medals into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] · 78 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 709, A bill to award a Congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair (2003-05-13); CBO cost estimate: S. 709, A bill to award a Congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair (2003-05-13)

Cosponsors on this site

Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and 18 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s709.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s709 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108