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H.Res. 720

ResolutionFederalHouseReported
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should correct Jim Thorpe's Olympic records for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.
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Floor Vote
Latest Action · March 4, 2020
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
November 20, 2019
Cosponsors (39)
28D 11R
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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's athletic achievements as the sole Gold Medalist in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correct these inaccuracies in the official Olympic books.

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