S 4587 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act

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.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2022

Committee Review

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Introduced Jul 21, 2022 Last action Jul 21, 2022

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Jul 21, 2022

Committee

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

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Jul 21, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 81 co-sponsors

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Angus S. King, Jr.

Benjamin L. Cardin

Bernard Sanders

Catherine Cortez Masto

Charles E. Schumer