U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9473: Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
Status: In committee, June 25, 2026
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who fought for or with the United States against the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater and became prisoners of war from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945.
What the bill says
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who fought for or with the United States against the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater and became prisoners of war from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945.
From the introduced text, June 25, 2026:
A BILL To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who fought for or with the United States against the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater and became prisoners of war from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act . SECTION 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Hours after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on December 7,1941, Imperial Japanese forces launched coordinated attacks throughout Asia, striking Malaya, Thailand, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the United States territories of Guam, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Howland Island. (2) For the next 7 months, undermanned United States forces in the Pacific fought with outdated weapons, expired ammunition, and without reinforcement or resupply to their besieged island posts. (3) On the first day of United States participation in World War II, December 8, 1941, the first to fire in the Philippines at the Imperial Japanese were the New Mexico National Guardsmen from the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) regiments, the successors to the famed Rough Riders of the Spanish-American War, who had only recently arrived in the Philippines where they were stationed at Fort Stotsenburg north of Manila with the mission of …
Sponsors
- Teresa Fernandez (D, HD-NM-3) · primary sponsor
- Jill Tokuda (D, HD-002)
- Raul Ruiz (D)
- Shomari Figures (D, HD-002)
- Robert Scott (D, HD-VA-3)
- Steven Horsford (D, HD-004)
- Eugene Vindman (D, HD-007)
- Steny Hoyer (D, HD-005)
- Nicholas Langworthy (R, HD-023)
- Jeff Hurd (R, HD-003)
- Joe Wilson (R, HD-SC-2)
- Sylvia Garcia (D, HD-029)
Latest actions
- : 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: International Affairs
Common questions
- What is HB9473?
- HB9473 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act.
- What does HB9473 do?
- In its own words: To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who fought for or with the United States against the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater and became prisoners of war from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945.
- What is the status of HB9473?
- In committee as of June 25, 2026. Latest action: 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. (June 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9473?
- Teresa Fernandez (D, HD-NM-3), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB9473?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9473
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