Congress·In Committee·H.R. 1502

North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

North Platte Canteen: Congressional Gold Medal

Feb 21, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Financial Services where it has been since February 2025. No action has been taken on this proposal for 16 months. The House committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but it is not showing any signs of progress.

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Reintroduced from H.R. 954 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 954 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the thousands of people who volunteered at the North Platte Canteen in Nebraska during World War II. The canteen was a famous stop where locals provided food and support to millions of soldiers traveling by train.
Between 1941 and 1946, about 55,000 volunteers from Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas served roughly 6 million troops. Most of these volunteers were women who worked without any government funding to provide meals, coffee, and birthday cakes to service members.
If passed, the gold medal would be displayed at the Lincoln County Historical Museum in North Platte. The government would also sell bronze copies of the medal to the public to help pay for the costs of making them.

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Feb 21, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Feb 21, 2025

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill NumberHR 1502

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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D: 11R: 80I: 1

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