# 119-hres-520: Recognizing the life, achievements, and public service of former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

119-hres-520, Recognizing the life, achievements, and public service of former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush on the occasion of her 100th birthday., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-520
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recognizing the life, achievements, and public service of former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Honoring Barbara Pierce Bush's life and legacy.** This resolution would recognize her century of public service, family life, and long fight for literacy. It notes her birth on June 8, 1925 in New York City, early wartime factory work, marriage to George H. W. Bush, and raising six children including George W. and Jeb. The text highlights her role as Second Lady and First Lady, founding the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy in 1989, helping advance the National Literacy Act of 1991, showing compassion to AIDS patients, publishing a memoir, and her death on April 17, 2018. The resolution expresses thanks to her and celebrates her as a model citizen on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act
- 119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [119-hres-520 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/520)

## Related
- [119-hr-1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1301)
- [119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-719)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-520 (as of 2025-12-21).