H.R. 1003: Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-06 · Arts, Culture, Religion · Latest: Referred 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.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

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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.

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Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · 68 cosponsors

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Maxine Waters (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Darren Soto (D-FL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tom Cole (R-OK), André Carson (D-IN), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and 8 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1003.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1003 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116