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S. 4587: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

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S. 4587: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-07-21 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-07-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: 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

Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

Plain summary

Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Berell Ferencz in recognition of his service to the United States and the international community during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials and his lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and the rule of law.

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Official text

Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · 81 cosponsors

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Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and 21 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] reported raising $3.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s4587 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117