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HOUSE 1003116th CongressReferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

Last Action
2/6/2019

Actions

  • 2019-02-06Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2019-02-06Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2019-02-06Introduced in House
  • 2019-02-06Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-06 (00)

Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill instructs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Aretha Franklin in recognition of her outstanding artistic and historical significance to the culture of the United States.

Following the award of the medal, it shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed as appropriate and made available for research.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Doug Collins (R-GA)
  • MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
  • Steve Cohen (D-TN)
  • Darren Soto (D-FL)
  • Brian Higgins (D-NY)
  • Robert Scott (D-VA)
  • Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
  • Ann Kuster (D-NH)
  • Steven Horsford (D-NV)
  • Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
  • Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
  • Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
  • Albio Sires (D-NJ)
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
  • ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
  • SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
  • JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
  • Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
  • Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)

Subjects

  • Congressional tributes
  • Music
  • Performing arts
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • U.S. history
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