Expressing support for designation of September 2009 as "Gospel Music Heritage Month" and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the United States.

Bill Activity

• Aug. 02 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• Jul. 30 Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.

• Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.

• Jul. 16 Robert E. Andrews, John Barrow, Roscoe G. Bartlett, Sanford D. Jr. Bishop, Marsha Blackburn, Mary Bono Mack, Corrine Brown, G. K. Butterfield, Andre Carson, Donna M. Christensen, Yvette D. Clarke, Emanuel Cleaver, James E. Clyburn, Steve Cohen, John Jr. Conyers, Joseph Crowley, Danny K. Davis, Lincoln Davis, J. Randy Forbes, Jeff Fortenberry, Marcia Fudge, Al Green, Gene Green, Raúl M. Grijalva, Ralph M. Hall, Alcee L. Hastings, Paul W. Hodes, Jesse L. Jr. Jackson, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Walter B. Jones, Marcy Kaptur, Mary Jo Kilroy, Frank Kratovil, Barbara Lee, Doris O. Matsui, Jeff Miller, Gwen Moore, Sue Wilkins Myrick, John W. Olver, Solomon P. Ortiz, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, Silvestre Reyes, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Allyson Y. Schwartz, David Scott, John B. Shadegg, Louise McIntosh Slaughter, Bennie G. Thompson, Paul Tonko, Edolphus Towns, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Diane E. Watson, Melvin L. Watt, Henry A. Waxman, Charles A. Wilson, Joe Wilson, and Lynn C. Woolsey cosponsored this bill

• Apr. 21 James P. McGovern cosponsored this bill

• Apr. 20 Carolyn C. Kilpatrick and John Lewis cosponsored this bill

• Jan. 07 Introduced in House

• Sheila Jackson-Lee sponsored this bill