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H.R. 622: Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act

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H.R. 622: Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-28 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act

Plain summary

Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal commemorating Officer Brian D. Sicknick for giving his life to protect the Capitol and Members and staff of Congress on January 6, 2021. Following its award, the medal shall be given to Officer Sicknick's parents, Charles and Gladys Sicknick.

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Official text

Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · 111 cosponsors

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Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), William R. Keating (D-MA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Josh Harder (D-CA) and 51 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] reported raising $955,740 (2023–2024). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr622 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117