U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5309: Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2025
Status: In committee, September 11, 2025
To posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.
What the bill says
To posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.
From the introduced text, September 11, 2025:
A BILL To posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Constance Baker Motley was born in 1921, in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of immigrants from the Caribbean island of Nevis. (2) In 1943, Constance Baker Motley graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. (3) Upon receiving a law degree from Columbia University in 1946, Constance Baker Motley became a staff attorney at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (in this Act referred to as the LDF ), and fought tirelessly for 2 decades alongside Thurgood Marshall and other leading civil rights lawyers to dismantle segregation throughout the United States. (4) Constance Baker Motley was the only female attorney on the LDF legal team that won the landmark desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954). (5) Constance Baker Motley argued 10 major civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, winning all but one, including the case brought on behalf of James Meredith challenging the refusal of the …
Sponsors
- Rosa DeLauro (D, HD-003) · primary sponsor
- Robert Aderholt (R, HD-AL-4)
- Al Green (D, HD-009)
- Gabe Amo (D, HD-RI-1)
- Mark Amodei (R, HD-002)
- Balint, Becca (D, HD-000)
- Nanette Barragan (D)
- Joyce Beatty (D, HD-003)
- Sanford Bishop (D, HD-002)
- Brendan Boyle (D, HD-PA-2)
- Shontel Brown (D, HD-011)
- Salud Carbajal (D)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Common questions
- What is HB5309?
- HB5309 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2025.
- What does HB5309 do?
- In its own words: To posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.
- What is the status of HB5309?
- In committee as of September 11, 2025. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (September 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB5309?
- Rosa DeLauro (D, HD-003), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5309?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5309
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