H.R. 4682: Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-07-17 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-07-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate the Mercury 13 in recognition of their accomplishments as part of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs) Program (a privately funded project testing women pilots for astronaut fitness in the 1960s), their work for gender equity, and their example of women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

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Mercury 13 Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] · 27 cosponsors

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Young Kim (R-CA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dina Titus (D-NV), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), James R. Baird (R-IN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] reported raising $2.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr4682.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr4682 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118