S. 2784: Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
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S. 2784: Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
109th Congress · introduced 2006-05-11 · Commemorations · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-287.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-05-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 109-287. (final step reached)
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro Tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many contributions to peace and religious understanding.
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Official text
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · 75 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2784, Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act (2006-05-22); CBO cost estimate: S. 2784, Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act (2006-05-22)
Cosponsors on this site
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI) and 15 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s2784.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s2784 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109