Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 540 (108th)

Code Talkers Recognition Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

5 March 2003

Last action

5 March 2003 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Sponsors

Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

18 August 2025

Defence

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I; and (3) to any other Native American member of the armed forces, identified by the Secretary of Defense, who served as a Code Talker in any foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act and to deposit the proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to pay for the costs of the medals awarded under this Act.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 5 March 2003

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 March 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 March 2003

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 March 2003

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 5 March 2003

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.