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S. 2408 (106th)

Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act

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Introduced

12 April 2000

Last action

12 April 2000 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)

Sponsors

Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA], Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY], Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV]

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Summary

Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act - Authorizes the President to: (1) present to each of the original twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers or a surviving family member, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal honoring the Navajo Code Talkers; and (2) award to each man who qualified as a Navajo Code Talker (MOS 642) or a surviving family member a silver medal. Provides that such medals are to express recognition by the United States and its citizens in honoring the Navajo Code Talkers who distinguished themselves in performing a unique, highly successful communications operation that greatly assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end of World War II in the Pacific. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

  1. 12 April 2000

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2620-2621)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 12 April 2000

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2619-2620)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 April 2000

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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