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Bill May 16, 2026

761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1628 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1628 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 761st Tank Battalion, collectively, in recognition of their crucial role in the success of Allied forces in Europe and for the example they set as the first Black soldiers to go to war as part of an American armored unit. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2025 Mr. Palmer (for himself, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Estes, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 761st Tank Battalion, collectively, in recognition of their crucial role in the success of Allied forces in Europe and for the example they set as the first Black soldiers to go to war as part of an American armored unit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The 761st Tank Battalion, known as the ``Black Panthers'', was activated on April 1, 1942, and served as the first predominantly Black American armored battalion in the European Theater of World War II until its deactivation on June 1, 1946, in Germany. (2) Lieutenant Jackie Robinson, the first Black Major League baseball player, was among the few Black officers in the 761s

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1628

Patrick Fallon U.S. Representative Cosponsor Scott Fitzgerald U.S. Representative Cosponsor Rudy Yakym U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ryan Zinke U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gregory Murphy U.S. Representative Andrew Ogles U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gary Palmer U.S. Representative Sponsor Raul Ruiz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Victoria Spartz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jodey Arrington U.S. Representative Cosponsor Michael Baumgartner U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Carter U.S. Representative Cosponsor Eric Crawford U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brett Guthrie U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kevin Hern U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steven Horsford U.S. Representative Cosponsor Bill Huizenga U.S. Representative Cosponsor John James U.S. Representative Cosponsor Hakeem Jeffries U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jim Jordan U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Joyce U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Joyce U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brad Knott U.S. Representative Cosponsor Laurel Lee U.S. Representative Cosponsor Tim Burchett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Diana DeGette U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jahana Hayes U.S. Representative Cosponsor Valerie Hoyle U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kristen McDonald Rivet U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kim Schrier U.S. Representative Cosponsor Marlin A Stutzman U.S. Representative Cosponsor George Whitesides U.S. Representative Cosponsor Anna Luna U.S. Representative Cosponsor Morgan Luttrell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Max Miller U.S. Representative Cosponsor Blake Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor Riley Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor James (Jim) Moylan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Daniel Webster U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joe Wilson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Wittman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steve Womack U.S. Representative Cosponsor Alma Adams U.S. Representative Cosponsor Cliff Bentz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ed Case U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jared Huffman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Betty McCollum U.S. Representative Cosponsor John McGuire U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gwen Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brittany Pettersen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gabe Evans U.S. Representative Cosponsor Vince Fong U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ashley Hinson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Trent Kelly U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kevin Kiley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nicholas Langworthy U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Onder U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ken Calvert U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ben Cline U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Collins U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jeff Crank U.S. Representative Cosponsor Dan Crenshaw U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lizzie Fletcher U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sam Graves U.S. Representative Cosponsor Richard Hudson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jennifer Kiggans U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Kustoff U.S. Representative Cosponsor C Franklin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Andrew Garbarino U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lance Gooden U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Haridopolos U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mark Harris U.S. Representative Cosponsor Guy Reschenthaler U.S. Representative Cosponsor Derek Schmidt U.S. Representative Cosponsor Keith Self U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jefferson Shreve U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jason Smith U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lloyd Smucker U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Taylor U.S. Representative Cosponsor Thomas Tiffany U.S. Representative Cosponsor Michael Turner U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Valadao U.S. Representative Cosponsor Matt Van Epps U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ann Wagner U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jim Baird U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Comer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Scott DesJarlais U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Rutherford U.S. Representative Cosponsor W Steube U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lori Trahan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Eric Burlison U.S. Representative Cosponsor Danny Davis U.S. Representative Cosponsor Marilyn Strickland U.S. Representative Cosponsor

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