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H.R. 1085: To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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H.R. 1085: To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-18 · Congress · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 87 (2021): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1085 (2021-03-17), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Plain summary

This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of three Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and other law enforcement agencies that protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the award of these medals, one medal shall be given to the USCP, one medal shall be given to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and one medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and displayed with a plaque listing all law enforcement agencies that participated in protecting the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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Official text

To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12] · 335 cosponsors

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Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Peter Welch (D-VT), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and 275 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr1085 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117