United States · Bill · S
S. 3020 (113th)
A bill to establish the composition known as America the Beautiful as the national anthem.
Introduced
16 December 2014
Last action
16 December 2014 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5]
Subjects
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Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Designates the composition consisting of the words and music known as "America the Beautiful" as the national anthem. (Under current law, the composition known as the Star-Spangled Banner is recognized as the nation's national anthem.)
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Timeline
16 December 2014
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
16 December 2014
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6923)
Source: IntroReferral
16 December 2014
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 December 2014 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 December 2014
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 December 2014
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 December 2014
Sponsors
- Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/3020
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/3020
- us · 113-s-3020 · source updated 10 August 2026