Congress: 114th

Sponsor: Representative Kelly, Robin L. (11/16/2016)

Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Oversight and Government Reform

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, to Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, in recognition of her invaluable contribution to modern science in the form of her own immortal cells-HeLa cells-without which life-saving medicines and procedures would not have been developed at critical moments in our Nation's history.

Lastest Action: 11/16/2016 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform  (All Actions)

Official: H.Res.926 -- 114th Congress