S. 614: A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots ("WASP").

111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-17 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 111-40.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 111-40. (final step reached)
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Official title

A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots ("WASP").

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on May 20, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single gold medal in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) collectively, in honor of their pioneering military service and exemplary record, which forged revolutionary reform in the U.S. Armed Forces. Requires the medal to be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian) after its award. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian shall make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at other locations associated with the WASP.

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Official text

A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots ("WASP").

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · 75 cosponsors

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Patty Murray (D-WA), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), James E. Risch (R-ID), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), John Thune (R-SD), Jack Reed (D-RI) and 15 more.

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s614.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s614 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111